GUATEMALA – Juan Castro and his wife Lisa Castro were gunned down after leaving a young boys birthday party around 6PM Thursday. Both Juan and Lisa were professional party clowns but were mistaken by a scared individual who has yet to be captured.
Many people in Guatemala are frightened by the clown frenzy many believing clowns are kidnapping children and women.
Local police officials are distributing fliers that warn children against walking in the woods alone at night.
How do clowns — supposedly agents of humor and good fun — cause such chaos? Across the world, clown sightings spring up like Jack-in-the-Boxes, and our collective fear of evil clowns has a way of elevating a local nuisance to a national news story.
We spoke to Amanda who was at the scene and she says “We have never had issues with clowns the only person we can blame for this frenzy is Donald Trump.”
In 2014, there were a number of reported sightings, from Albuquerque to Fishers, Ind. Last year, a clown was spotted skulking around a Chicago cemetery. And just a few weeks ago, residents of Guatemala City reported that a clown was seen toddling around town clutching a bunch of black balloons.
