{"id":2674,"date":"2016-09-05T17:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T17:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/?p=2674"},"modified":"2016-09-11T21:38:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T21:38:31","slug":"creepy-clowns-todays-version-of-satanic-ritual-abuse-cults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/?p=2674","title":{"rendered":"Creepy clowns: today\u2019s version of \u2018satanic ritual abuse\u2019 cults?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2675\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160905Face.jpg\" alt=\"160905Face\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160905Face.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/160905Face-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Sept. 5, 2016<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice say they are doing extra patrols in a Winston-Salem neighborhood after two children reported seeing a clown trying to lure kids into the woods with treats&#8230;. and one adult reported hearing the clown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficers say they found no evidence of a clown in the woods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout four hours later, a caller who refused to give a name reported seeing a clown about 2 miles away. Police say again they found no evidence of a clown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral unverified clown sightings in northern South Carolina have been in the news recently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>\u2013 From \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article100034522.html\" target=\"_blank\">Winston-Salem police increase patrols after clown sightings<\/a>\u201d\u00a0in the News &amp; Observer (Sept. 5)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rumor has traveled like a Halloween ghost \u2013 from Wilson to Coats to Apex to Raleigh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerplexed law enforcement agencies statewide have been fielding inquiries for weeks about stubborn \u2013 but unfounded \u2013 rumors of a plan by unidentified Satan worshipers to kidnap and sacrifice children&#8230;.between the ages of 2 and 5 for a human sacrifice on Halloween.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSheriff Freddy W. Narron of Johnston County said rumors seem to have started after a local newspaper printed articles about Satanic cults.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>\u2013 From \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/?p=640\" target=\"_blank\">Rumors of satanists kidnapping children are tough to snuff out<\/a>\u201d\u00a0in the News &amp; Observer (Oct. 28, 1989)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What fertile ground North Carolina, circa 1989, provided for hysteria about 2- to 5-year-olds. The sheriff of Johnston County seems to have summoned considerably more skepticism about farfetched rumors than the Little Rascals prosecutors. Within three months of the Halloween panic all of the Edenton Seven had been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>What sequela might we expect from the Great Clown Panic of 2016? Prosecutors, line up your child witnesses!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LRDCC20.jpg\" alt=\"LRDCC20\" width=\"132\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sept. 5, 2016 \u201cPolice say they are doing extra patrols in a Winston-Salem neighborhood after two children reported seeing a clown trying to lure kids into the woods with treats&#8230;. and one adult reported hearing the clown. \u201cOfficers say they found no evidence of a clown in the woods. \u201cAbout four hours later, a caller [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2674"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2685,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674\/revisions\/2685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}