Every college where there have been killer clown ‘sightings’
But are any of them real?
Josh KaplanIn the last couple of days, it feels like every college in America has had a “sighting” of “killer clowns”.
From big schools like Syracuse and Penn State, to small schools like Bucknell, it appears no-one is safe from the social media outcry.
Starting with nothing more than a tweet or a hazy picture, the furore quickly develops into a full blown panic that takes over campus at least for a couple of hours.
How the “killer clowns” craze spread across American colleges
October 3rd
11:07 – Clowns reportedly headed to UDel
22:52 – Clowns reported at Syracuse
23:17 – Clowns reported at UMass Amherst
00:17 – Clowns spotted at the University of Illinois
00:36 – An alleged clown sighting at UConn discovered to be hoax
October 4th
08:12 – Clowns reported at JMU, later confirmed to be a hoax
11:12 – Clowns reported at Villanova
11:13 – A campus alert was issued in Arizona about the clowns, it was found later to be false.
12:12 – Social media reporting Clowns might head to Bucknell
13:22 – Clowns reported at IU
14:07 – Clowns reported at Cornell
17:37 – Clowns reported at the University of Oregon
18:10 – Clowns reported at the University of Iowa
October 5th
09:12 – Clowns reported at the University of Florida
09:27 – Creepy clown allegedly assaults a student at Texas state