BREAKING: Teen Reports Attack By Knife-Wielding Clown In Tennessee

By Bob Owens

Yeah…. not a fan of this nightmare.

The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department says they have received a report about a clown attacking a juvenile in the Summitville area.

The victim told police that he swung at the clown and was cut with a knife. His attacker was wearing a red hoodie and clown mask.

Deputies searched the area but did not find the clown.

Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves said anyone who is intentionally scaring or hurting someone can be arrested.

“People in Tennessee carry guns and somebody jumping out and scaring someone is subject to getting shot,” said Graves in a news release.

Graves is warning residents not to dress up as clowns for Halloween.

The department is working to verify the legitimacy of the reported attack.

I’m going to go ahead and suggest that this one just doesn’t pass the “sniff test” of legitimacy, which apparently is of concern the Sheriff Graves as well.

He also very legitimately points out, however, that “clown pranks” are a known thing. There are pranksters on the internet who enjoy dressing up in clown costumes and then pretend to be caught in the act of murdering a victim (typically a manikin) before chasing the victim of the joke.