Dr. Frank McAndrew
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Right?
I mean, it's not over yet.
All right.
You're getting me started on clowns.
Okay.
Well, first of all, I had no interest in clowns.
It was not something I was studying.
But one of the things they did in my first study was to rate the creepiness of different occupations.
And the one that finished number one was clowns.
And that's pretty much all I had to say about it.
I said, OK, here are the ratings.
There were four that kind of stood out as the creepiest on our list.
Clowns were number one, but taxidermists were right up there, funeral directors, and sex shop operators.
But anyway, clowns and taxidermists were number one and two.
Anyway, I was asked to write an article because I don't know if you remember the creepy clown scare in 2016.
I do.
I do.
I had forgotten.
There were clowns allegedly lurking in the woods, luring children in.
attacking people with knives.