It’s Halloween, Get Over It
Pictured: Clowns in the news this week!
I come from a circus family where clowning around is an occupation. At the Zoppe Italian Family Circus featuring Nino the Clown in Redwood City, the audience is introduced to a friendly, fun, family-oriented clown who works hard to make people laugh. Still, there’s a joker in every crowd, and this week’s Wasco Clown Fiasco is freaking people out. The Kern County Sheriff’s Department is fielding calls about frightening clown sightings after a couple posed in clown outfits in Wasco, then promoted themselves on social media. A teen boy tried to emulate the experience in a copy cat clown persona, but ended up terrorizing local youth and adults who found him creepy. Halloween is intended to be creepy, but not threatening. Unfortunately there’s a fine line between creepy, corny and being unaware of potential consequences of a realistic scare. Here are some Halloween celebrations this Friday, Oct. 17, 2014:
BENICIA – Haunted Depot, October 17-31
BISHOP: Trunk or Treat.
BUENA PARK: Knott’s Scary Farm
FRESNO ZooBoo Fresno, October 17-25
PLEASANTON – Pirates of Emerson
LONG BEACH: Rado’s Haunted House, Oct. 10-25.
LOS GATOS: Haunted Harvest Festival, Goblyn’s Glen
MALIBU: Teen Drive-In Movie & Haunted Maze
SACRAMENTO: Ghost Tours
SAN JOSE: Dead Time Dreams Haunted Attraction
OAKLAND: Mountain View Cemetery Play,
ROHNERT PARK: Blind Scream Haunted House
VICTORVILLE: High Desert Haunted Hayride
