The living room was dark.. the only light was the beam from my grandmothers television. My aunt and her friends were gathered on the floor in their sleeping bags scattered everywhere. I was ducked behind a chair in the corner after getting up to get a drink. I could tell that I probably wasn't allowed to watch the movie playing but I saw a big circus tent and just had to watch. I was only able to sneak a few minutes worth of a peek before I was caught but in that few minutes, I saw something that I had never really seen before.. Evil clowns.. They didn't look funny at all but instead weird and creepy. They didn't talk like we did but instead made weird sounds.. They shot popcorn out of a gun and drank blood from huge straws that they poked into cotton candy. (Or what looked like it anyway.) That was the last part I saw before I was shooed off to bed. The next morning though, I looked in the VCR (TOLD YOU IT WAS WAY BACK!) and the movie was still in there from the night before. It was called Killer Klowns From Outer Space... Killer Klowns? You know you would've watched it too! I did. It was a little creepy in parts but I loved it! Eventually I had let it slip that I had watched it and was talked to about it... Blah, blah, blah.. You could have nightmares... Blah, blah.. Ask first... Blah.. Anyway, I had watched it. On days when my sister would just get on my nerves, I would start telling her bits and pieces of what I saw on that movie with clowns. She would plug her ears for the most part or worse, go tell mom on me. So I would stop. One day though I was watching the movie again (Probably sneaking peeks again..) and she walked in and asked what I was watching. I made her watch a few parts of it and like a normal child, she was scared. I got in trouble for "making her watch a scary movie" at her age and was reminded that I shouldn't be watching it either.. Some time had gone by and mom had told me that we were going to the circus. We were excited because the circus meant animals, cotton candy, a good show and even clowns. It was all smiles until we got there. Mom had bought us coloring books with the clowns pictures in them and before the show started we were able to go around and get their autographs on their pages. My sister was a little nervous at first, but after seeing me and a few other kids doing it she was fine and went on to get her own autographs. It was fun enough. My sister sat beside me during the show and I can't remember what she was doing exactly, only that we were sitting and waiting (probably an intermission or something..) and she was annoying me! And so... I pulled my coloring book (and my mean older sibling mentality) and started flipping through the pages. I would say the names of the autographs I had collected and after a minute, she was doing the same thing. "It's too bad I'm going to throw this away.." I said. "Why are you throwing it away?" She asked in a sincere way. "Well you know what happens with these books right?" I say. "What...?" she replied. "If you keep the books in your room, then every night while you sleep, the clowns IN this book climb OUT of it..." That's all I said. There was no need to say anything else.. The look on her face showed fear all around. At the time I thought it was hilarious probably. The book didn't stay in her room. The only reason it made it into the house at all was because they were paid for and we would've been in big trouble if we just trashed them an hour after having them. I had instilled a fear of clowns in my little sister that I'm sure took years to get over (if ever!). Every time I have ever told that story I always hear how mean and heartless I am... Cruel... Crazy.. Blah, blah, blah... SNAP BACK!
I'm sure I'm not the only sibling ever to do something horrible like that to a younger brother or sister but still.. Looking back NOW, it was pretty evil of me! I don't think she's EVER seen It or gone out of her way to really watch ANY horror movie (especially ones with clowns!). This was all brought on a while ago when a friend of mine gave me a new clown doll to add to my Halloween display. My daughters didn't like it. Well they thought it was cool in a Halloween way but they don't want it in their room, the hallway or the bathroom. Understandable! :) I go into Party City and see all of their Halloween clown stuff (I own a good chunk of it!) and can't help but think of the people I know who are flat out terrified of clowns... Maybe it's this wonderful time of year.. Or the fact that my living room is my "clown room" this year and so I see them every day for at least a few more weeks.. Ironically enough (now that I'm looking at it) I even paused my TV to get a drink and who's on the screen? Krusty the clown from the Simpsons! The odds.... Even though I LOVE the idea of creepy clowns, I try to really drill it in my kids' head that it's all fake.. for decoration.. or part of Halloween. So they're not NEARLY as freaked out as my sister was (or some of my friends are NOW). On a positive note, when they made Killer Klowns on DVD, it was given to me as a gift and I could have cried right there because I was so happy! (If you haven't seen this old movie... JUST DO IT!) It would be cool if I could hear some people's scary clown stories!!! ^_^ For now though, I'm going to wrap up this flash back edition and get ready for the upcoming, MUCH ANTICIPATED series return The Walking Dead!!! Talked about clowns... getting ready to watch zombies... Totally normal.. Right? ;) Good night everyone.. More Halloween and creepy inspired posts to come I'm sure!!! -Super Mom
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