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Are you afraid of clowns?

My wife has this crazy phobia of clowns and I just don't get it.

I mean when I watched 'IT' for the first time I just thought he was funny and sort of cute.

And real life clowns are just regular people in costumes. I don't get clown phobia!
feastonscraps18 Saturday 12/12/2009 at 10:48 PM | 59100
I wouldn't say I'm afraid of them, but I am definitely creeped out by them.

I can't rally explain why, they're just creepy
chubacabra Saturday 12/12/2009 at 11:18 PM | 59105
clowns always have and probably will bother me. im not sure why but i have always strayed away from them. my brother is the same exact way. he is so bothered by them he would never go to the circus. its like one of his top 5 things that scare him to this day and he is married with kids.
BrandyWine Sunday 12/13/2009 at 12:47 AM | 59108
I am not scared of clowns they just creep me out. My ex fiencee collected clowns, his whole house was all clown stuff. creepy.

Devastation Sunday 12/13/2009 at 03:24 AM | 59114
clowns freak me out! i heard they are reamking IT i guess will see, I still have seen the original because of clowns.

pamelavoorheesRIP Sunday 12/13/2009 at 11:09 PM | 59141
I wouldn't say I'm afraid of them, but I am definitely creeped out by them.

I can't rally explain why, they're just creepy

Same here.

Stephen King's IT didn't help. I was 8 when I watched that and it freaked me out.
richardmalone Monday 12/14/2009 at 12:27 AM | 59144
LOL they are kinda creepy depending on the clown....Lisa is rediculosely obsessed with them

kweandee Wednesday 12/16/2009 at 07:56 PM | 59240
I actually love clowns but I can see why some think they are creepy.
customcritters Tuesday 12/22/2009 at 04:31 PM | 59440
I used to be crazy afraid of clowns until one day I saw this one that was soo creepy that I was infatuated with it hahaha! Now I love them!

I can't explain it...the fact that they are soo creepy to me makes me think they are that much more awesome!
KimmyBlanks Tuesday 12/22/2009 at 05:30 PM | 59444
Not afraid of them--which is weird nce I made 2 movies called "Fear of Clowns"(1&2) but we actually asked a lot of people on the Behind The Scenes why they thought people were afraid of clowns.

There were some good answers. Much of it boils down to the fact that they're wearing a mask(even though it's a face-paint mask) and we're just primed to be wary of masked strangers.

Some people pointed out Poltergeist as the place in time where they began to get creeped out by clowns.
kangas Thursday 12/24/2009 at 07:45 PM | 59491
My wife has this crazy phobia of clowns and I just don't get it.

I mean when I watched 'IT' for the first time I just thought he was funny and sort of cute.

And real life clowns are just regular people in costumes. I don't get clown phobia

Carnies, Clowns and Little People. By all means Clowns are the worst though.
Matthew Mayhem Friday 12/25/2009 at 08:04 AM | 59497