Halloween: The Real Truth Behind A Clown

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Halloween is the only day of the year when wearing a scary costume, asking strangers for food, and scaring people is acceptable. Being a clown would be the best Halloween costume, even though it would be more tricks than treats. To the regular eye clowns seem cute and funny, but some see the real truth behind them. Clowns are sinister.
A clown is one of the most scary things, making it the perfect Halloween costume. Clowns are real, unlike monsters or zombies. Clowns are at birthday parties, carnivals, and other social events usually entertaining kids. No one ever knows what is behind a clown's red nose, what really is under all that makeup, or how they did that impossible trick.
Clowns make real life seem like a fantasy. Humans know

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