Clown Hysteria Disrupts Schools, Occupies Police
At Penn State University on Oct. 3 and James Madison University (Va.) on Oct. 5, hundreds of students responded to reports of clowns on campus by roaming campus with flash lights, pepper spray and other means of defense in search of the clowns. PSU Police Sgt. Mike Nelson estimated around 500 students took part in the hunt (pictured above), while at JMU students said they just wanted the masked menace (if there even was a masked menace) off campus.
“Most people were mobilized to defend the campus from the person inside the clown suit,” JMU senior Diego Jauregui told the Washington Post. “People definitely felt safe in numbers, and they were discussing what to do it they found a clown, which would be to charge them and hold them down but not hurt them and call the authorities.”
