PARENTS have been put on high alert after a clown was apparently spotted taking and luring children into the woods.
The residents of the apartment complex in Greenville, South Carolina, US, were sent a letter by the management telling them there had been numerous complaints about a "clown or a person dressed in clown clothing taking children or trying to lure children [into] the woods."
The police have been looking into the issue and making regular patrols to try and find out who is responsible.
Resident Donna Arnold told locatl TV station WHNS her son and some of the other children had seen the clown hanging around near the basketball court: "I thought my child was seeing things, and then the next day I had about 30 kids come up to me and say "did you see the clown in the woods?'
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