CLOWN STATUE

ORIGIN: United States.

The Clown Statue is a deeply disturbing tale that has circulated for decades, gaining fame in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s. 

The story follows a young babysitter who is hired to watch over a wealthy family's children while the parents are away for the night. 

As the evening progresses, the babysitter grows increasingly uncomfortable due to a large, life-sized clown statue sitting in the corner of the living room. 

The statue's glassy eyes seemed to follow her, and its painted smile kept making her feel unnerved.

Unable to shake the feeling of being watched, the babysitter finally calls the parents to ask if she can cover the clown statue or move it to another room. 

The parents' response completely scare her as they inform her that they do not own a clown statue.

Panicked, the babysitter realizes the "statue" is actually a person, an intruder disguised as a clown.

In some versions, the babysitter is able to escape and call the police, while in others, the story ends with both the children or babysitter being brutally murdered by the clown statue.