Clowns gathering for Montreal festival weigh in on sightings of creepy clowns
MONTREAL — Professional clowns say their craft shouldn’t be confused with the sightings of creepy clowns across North America over the past several weeks.
Stacey Laureyssens, interim president of the 150-member Clowns Canada, says the distinction between the fear-sowing tricksters and the real thing should be clear.
“People dressing up like clowns to scare people is just the same as dressing like scarecrows, zombies or vampires to scare people,” said Laureyssens (a.k.a. Empress Cherry Sunday), who is in Montreal this week for a clown festival.
“What these people are doing is acting like monsters in clown costumes to prank people. They are not clowns.”