Nothing's Scarier Than a Clown

We all know how clowns can border on funny and scary. There is a fine line between the two for many of us. Claribell-Funny. Really Funny. John-Wayne Gacy- Not so funny. No, not at all.

This picture sums up the creepy nature of clowns and how the addition of a simple thing such as an S&M-type cage can change the whole context. I snapped this picture with my camera phone when visiting my friend in Wilmington, North Carolina. To me, it's reminiscent of the Penn's Woods Baby I photographed this summer which left many unsettled.

Apparently, my friend's nieces found the idea of caging clowns 'fun', because this is exactly what they did. Or perhaps they just found the whole idea of clowns scary, as many do, and this was the only way they could have him in the same room.