By Tim Binnall
In a truly nightmarish television segment, a British morning show managed to track down and interview a creepy clown who has been tormenting a village in Scotland. The haunting harlequin made worldwide headlines last week when it was revealed that he had been haunting the community of Skelmorlie by way of unsettling Facebook posts wherein he was pictured lurking in various places around the town. Determined to get to the bottom of the unnerving mystery, the program This Morning reportedly turned to Scottish reporter Isla Traquair, who somehow located the clown and interviewed him on Monday's show.
During the bizarre segment (seen in part above), the masked man mused in a distorted voice that "everyone from India to the USA wants to know the clown's identity, but what is a game without someone to play?" He went on to address the studio host, Allison Hammond, asking her "does it help you sleep better at night telling yourself I'm just here to fright? The only mask I can see is the one you see when you say you don't fear me," to which Traquair understandably replied, "that's quite scary." When pressed on the reason for his antics, the harlequin insisted that "this is about fun and nothing more" and cryptically explained that his presence is something of a guessing game wherein "the village must unite to solve all the clues" to what one presumes is his identity.
While some residents of the community have expressed discomfort over the clever clown, others in the village have begun to embrace the harlequin which has put a spotlight on Skelmorlie. Meanwhile, many television viewers were reportedly not quite as enamored with the character and took to social media to express their dismay with the segment. "Absolutely terrified of this and didn't need to see it so early in the morning," declared one individual who lamented that they felt "physically sick." This was echoed by another annoyed viewer who claimed that they turned off their TV in disgust and groused that creepy clowns "aren’t appropriate daytime viewing."