A menacing clown stated to be stalking the streets of a sleepy village in Scotland weeks earlier than Halloween is daring police to catch them.
The clown, wearing a Pennywise-style outfit full with a masks and make-up, has reportedly been terrifying locals in Skelmorlie – a village of round 2,000 folks in North Ayrshire.
A Fb account has been arrange for the clown beneath the title Cole Deimos, with a video uploaded to the web page daring police to hunt them down.
Referring to experiences that police had been conscious of their actions, the clown says: “Do you suppose I care? They’d should catch me first anyway.
“And sure, that’s a dare”.
The Fb web page says the clown went to “Hellgate Excessive Faculty” earlier than going to “Clown Faculty”. They reside in Skelmorlie, about 30 miles west of Glasgow.
Different photos and movies of the clown posing round darkened streets have additionally been uploaded after which deleted from social media, as reported by Sky Information.
In a single picture, the clown, stated to have first appeared within the village in 2021, stared on the display with a large grin on their face, whereas holding a pink balloon.
Pennywise the Dancing Clown is the primary character in Stephen King’s 1986 novel IT, which was made right into a 1990 mini-series with Tim Curry because the scary clown.
The ebook, made right into a two-part movie in 2017, during which Pennywise stalks the streets of Derry, Maine, killing kids.
Within the ebook and movies, Pennywise tempts kids to their demise by making pink balloons bob alongside the street and down storm drains, the place he lies in wait to seize them and pull them into the sewers.
One native, who requested to not be named, informed the Every day Report he wasn’t letting his two boys – aged 11 and 13 – out at evening after sightings of the clown.
“Whoever that is they’re scaring all people – he must be stopped,” the particular person stated.
“Somebody must have a phrase with him earlier than the police become involved or he actually terrifies somebody. He may give somebody a coronary heart assault.”
Police Scotland has been contacted for remark.