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Chinese authorities ‘arrest’ Ronald McDonald statue Chinese authorities weren’t lovin’ Ronald McDonald this week, hauling away a statue of the clown that was blocking sidewalk foot traffic. Uniformed code enforcement officers in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou ripped the Ronald McDonald figure off its base, leaving only his big red shoes behind, as shoppers in the Huadu District of commerce hub Guangzhou looked on in amazement Sunday. The city had been warning operators of this McDonald’s that its statue was hindering pedestrian traffic, according to state organ the People’s Daily. “We’ve asked them to remove the Ronald McDonald statue...

Clown with a gun reported in southwest The latest in a series of creepy clown sightings came shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday when Bakersfield police officers near Valhalla Drive and Belle Terrace responded to a report of a person in a clown suit holding a firearm. Officers checked the area but were unable to find the person. The incident came after a week with numerous calls to police from residents reporting seeing scary or mischievous clowns. "We've had multiple of these clown sightings all over town," said Bakersfield police Lt. Jason Matson. "He was gone by the time we arrived."

This questions has been bugging me since the police said he thought he was the joker .The only time i recall the joker having red hair is the cartoon version from the 80's Is this really considered Red hair ?It still looks light pea green to me !or even dirty blonde ...

LUCERNE, Switzerland, A Swiss performer said he found success by offering his services as an "Evil Clown" to terrify children at their birthday parties. Dominic Deville of Lucerne said his Evil Clown service was inspired by horror movies about scary clowns and allows parents to give their children a good birthday fright, The Austrian Times, Vienna, reported Thursday. Deville said the performance begins with texts, phone calls and letters to the intended victim warning them of an impending cake in the face. "It's all in fun and if at any point the kids get scared or their parents are concerned...

Evil clown stalks kids as birthday treat From: NewsCore April 15, 2010 A PSYCHOTIC-looking clown who promises to scare children senseless can be booked as a birthday surprise, the Austrian Times reported. For a fee, actor Dominic Deville dresses up in a deathly clown mask and contacts his child "victims" in the Swiss city of Lucerne, south of Zurich, to tell them he is watching them. His "evil clown" service unfolds further as he teases his targets with texts, phone calls and booby-trapped letters, warning them that at some point during their birthday party, he will throw a cake in...

Don't send in the clowns Hospitals are being urged not to decorate children's wards with paintings of clowns in case they upset young patients. State-funded research has found that in a survey of more than 250 children aged four to 16, all disliked the use of clowns in hospital decor, with even the teenagers seeing them as "scary". "Given that children and young people do not find hospitals frightening per se - and only express fear about those spaces associated with needles - this finding is somewhat ironic," said Dr Penny Curtis of Sheffield University. The aim of the Space...

The organisers of a rock festival have abandoned a circus theme for the event after complaints from people suffering from a fear of clowns. Would-be festival-goers e-mailed to say they would not attend because they suffered from coulrophobia. Organisers of the Bestival, an annual music festival on the Isle of Wight, were encouraging revellers to dress up in a circus theme for the September event. Last year 10,000 turned up as cowboys and Indians. DJ Rob da Bank, an organiser of the event, headlined by the Scissor Sisters and Pet Shop Boys, said: "We have decided to change the fancy...