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Children terrified by parent prowling around schoolyard in Pennywise clown costume (not on Halloween)

Allan Rose Hill
Nov 12, 2024
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image: John Arehart/Shutterstock

Children at an Aberdeenshire, Scotland elementary school were freaked out when they spotted Pennywise the creepy clown from IT prowling around the schoolyard.

According to Laurencekirk Primary School officials, it turned out not to be a real killer clown but rather one of the students' parents pulling an "ill-judged" prank.

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