And then there were two.
Waukesha, Wisconsin police say there is an apparent “copycat” creepy clown appearing around the community, including on the campus of Carroll University.
The original clown’s mother, Anna Linde, whose son gained notoriety yesterday after a truly hair-raising picture was posted to social media, concedes what her son is doing is “out of the ordinary,” but she insists he “isn’t hurting anybody,” according to WISN.
“He’s not running the streets. He’s not getting girls pregnant. He’s not doing drugs. So, I’d much rather this, than that,” she says.
“He’ll walk back and forth, dance around, wave at cars. He’s being completely harmless,” Linde said.
After the uproar, the boy’s mother says she’s buying him two new masks that are “more funny.”
“He’s not trying to get people scared, he’s trying to make them laugh,” she insists.
“When I first saw it, I was kind of creeped out because it was just a random person on the street with a scary mask. I don’t like clowns,” Becca Roraff told WISN yesterday.
The clown has been seen on the campus of Carroll University, walking around and peering into windows. When he was spotted outside a women’s dorm, social media users speculated he was a sex offender. That’s the clown police believe is the “copycat.”
“It was just staring at us as we were driving by. It was just weird,” says Carroll student Michelle Mueller.
Waukesha police have said people aren’t to worry.
WKOW reports it’s a teenage boy who is “developmentally delayed and is just doing this to see people’s reaction. Both he and his parents were advised several times it would really help us out if he wouldn’t stand out there doing that.”
Police contend the man has not “committed any crimes that they’re aware of,” but have fielded numerous complaints and calls to 911 over the man’s behavior.
“Halloween is over, so I think it’s time to put the mask away,” according to Roraff.
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