Posted on 07/16/2008 4:10:25 PM PDT by Ptarmigan
It started with a news report in January of 1983 of 40 teenagers and 7 adults, who were members of a gang called The Smurfs. They committed petty crimes. Hysteria spreaded throughout middle and high schools in Houston. At the peak, many students stayed home out of fear that the Smurfs might attack them. Anyone from the Houston area living at the time might remember it.
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We had a similar thing happen where I grew up in the early 90’s, except it was Homey the Clown from In Living Color. Sadly, I am not making this up.
There were all sorts of rumors going around that a guy dressed as Homey the Clown was driving around in the Homey the Clown van and kidnapping or killing (I don’t remember which) kids.
I had this one friend (Brandy) and for some reason it scared the crap out of her. She lived in a condo and you had to be buzzed in. We went to pick her up, hit the buzzer for the intercom and when she asked who it was one of our male friends said, “It’s Homey!” She didn’t recognize his voice and wouldn’t let him in! LMAO
Where was this? I remember when I was in elementary school, there were fear of Neo-Nazis skinheads. Rumor had it, one of them supposedly held a knife a kid’s throat and he left the school for good afterwards.
Interesting. Clowns are evil anyways.
I used to live in a not-so-gentrified neighborhood during the mid ‘80s. One of my favorite graffities: “Yo Mama a Smurf.”
LOL. Yes I do remember this. I was 13 at the time. Some of the rumors going around at the time are too awful to type in this space. One of them, however, did involve a broom.
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That’ll teach you for messin’ wif a smurf! LOL
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