Coulrophobia. The fear of clowns. It’s something I’ve been
harbouring with me for nearly twenty years. I have evidence in form of a photo.
Taken at my third birthday party. My parents hired a clown and I cried every
time the clown came near me. See, I was scared of clowns long before I even met
Pennywise the Clown, better known as It.
And yesterday night, at the circus, they surrounded me. Just
to give you an idea of how scared I am of clowns; I was directing my friend to
the marquee on the phone and a clown materialized next to me. I froze. I
couldn’t speak.
Yes, I know. Why did I go to the circus if I have such an
irrational fear of clowns? For one, Flip warned me that there would be clowns
and I thought I could handle it and two, I don’t recall to have ever been to a
circus, so we decided to go.
What fun it was! Children packed the front rows and screamed
from laughter at the antics of the clowns. My friend and I joined in.
I found that clowns aren’t that scary, as long as there is a
whole ten meters between us. And I sort of feel sorry for them. According to
Wikipedia, the irrational fear of clowns is escalating, which means that clowns
are becoming a rare species.
One clown doesn’t make a circus, and so we saw an array of
astounding acts (how’s that for assonance?), ranging from animals, including
elephants, tiger, poodles and ponies to acrobats and magicians.
I love that it was clean and innocent, engaging fun! Am I
cured of my coulrophobia? No. I just read up on the clown doll urban legend
again.
PS: we were not allowed to take photos, but I managed to slip a few in, thus the bad quality.
2 comments:
My mom's also scared of clowns lol.
I've never been to the circus, but it looks like fun! I always just worry whether they're treating the animals ok - like those poor tigers :( What did it seem like to you?
xoxo
Jenna
I've been to a circus when I was younger and I really really ran away from clowns, I hated them and I still hate them. There is just something creepy about their big smiles.
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