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Idaho is the latest location of a "Phantom Clown" sighting.   The incident occurred on Monday, April 23, 2012, on seemingly appropriately named streets: Idaho Falls police said they received a report of three suspicious males, one wearing a clown mask, driving in a red SUV, offering candy to two 8-year-old boys. The boys were approached on Moonlite Drive and Morningstar Lane. The boys did not respond to the trio, but went home immediately and reported Monday's incident to a parent. Giovi Castillo, also 8, said one of the boys is his best friend. After he heard about the incident, Giovi has been having trouble sleeping. "I was afraid that he might maybe, maybe steal someone around the neighborhood or something," said Giovi. "I don't know. I'm kind of just a little scared, maybe. ... I'm not going down Moonlite anymore because it's a little busier street than these ones over here." But for Giovi, the fear remains. His father, Vani, said i...

Top Ten Evil Clowns of 2011 by Loren Coleman, Author of  The Copycat Effect .  (New York: Paraview Pocket-Simon and Schuster, 2004.) Following in the tradition of my   list from 2008 , my notes on  evil clowns (and  Joker  clones) that  turned up  in 2009, and my documenting of  real killer clowns  in 2010, here is a random "top ten" gathering of "evil clown" stories for 2011. (1) Clown Caught on Tape Stealing Cash Register An evil clown stole a cash register on December 8, 2011, from the K-Mart at Mohawk and Huron streets, Corpus Christi, Texas. (2) Insane Clown Hits Hobo Pantry According to a  Dothan, Alabama police  statement, a robbery took place around 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at the  Hobo Pantry store . The police  reported  a man armed with knife stole some cash and ran from the store toward Westgate Parkway.T he robber as a white male, about 6 feet tall, who weighed 175 to 180 pounds, had bl...

The father of three missing boys in Michigan claims a mysterious organization  came on Thanksgiving Day and took his sons. John Skelton, the father of three missing boys, said in a court hearing in Adrian, Michigan, on Thursday, December 16, 2010, that he gave his sons to someone from an organization who visited his home on Thanksgiving. But he wouldn't identify the group, reported the Associated Press and other media sources. It was the first time Skelton had publicly discussed his sons since his arrest November 30, 2010, on parental kidnapping charges. The hearing was related to custody, not his...

During the last year, coulrophobic reality was in evidence through events that actually did occur. Here are my top choices for the most sinister of synchromystic clown news items of 2008. (1.) The Joker Is Dead. There is no bigger symbolic story for the year than the death of Heath Ledger on January 22, 2008. The actor would appear in The Dark Knight , which opened 07.18.08, in the most significant and iconic evil clown role of the year, The Joker . (2.) Jokawild Is Decapitated. On July 30, 2008, Tim McLean, who called himself Jokawild , was beheaded on a Greyhound bus in Alberta, allegedly by Vince Weiguang Li, 40. The MySpace head shot of the victim McLean is below. This is where he told about how he called himself "Jokawild," had three tattoos, owned an iguana and loved loud music and motorcycles. Todd Campbell writing of McLean at Through the Looking Glass revealed the victim was a big fan of Insane Clown Posse. Most fans of Insane Clown Posse call themselves "Ju...