Ridiculousness, Weirdness

Stats Of The Week: America Beclowned

The interactive map of "creepy clown"-related police incidents we've all been waiting for.

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stat imageWhen I got a robocall from my kid’s school on Monday assuring me that the administration was cooperating with the local police in “investigating suspicious clown-themed Instagram posts,” I had no idea what the hell they were talking about. (This was the day before Elie wrote this.) Apparently, I was among the very few remaining Americans unaware of this latest symptom of our national nervous collapse.

Anyway, thanks to Atlas Obscura, here is the interactive map of “creepy clown”-related police incidents we’ve all been waiting for. You’ll note pronounced clown clusters in Oregon, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and obviously, Florida:

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Check out the interactive version at Atlas Obscura.

Brian Dalton is the director of research for Breaking Media. Feel free to email him with any questions or comments.

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