A screenshot of the Chattanooga Klown Facebook page. Chattanooga police say there is no credible threat from a Facebook page created over the weekend that featured a creepy character called the “Chattanooga Klown” who threatened to kill people.
The Facebook page was apparently created Sunday under the name “Chattanooga Klown.” On the page, the character threatened to kill children at bus stops.
The page was only briefly up and was removed by Monday afternoon, police said. It’s not clear whether the creator or Facebook took the page down.
Investigators believe there is not a credible threat from the Facebook page. It appears the page may have been created by a juvenile copy-cat after several people reported seeing clowns in the woods of South Carolina in August, police said.
Chattanooga police have not received any reports of people dressed as clowns, communications coordinator Elisa Myzal saidTuesday.