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(static buzzing)

(ominous music)

(birds chirping)

- I'm wondering if the President's aware

of this phenomenon and if the White House

wants to say anything to discourage these types of crimes.

- I don't know that the President has been briefed

on this particular situation.

This is something that I've read about

in some of the news coverage.

Obviously, you know, this was a situation

that local law enforcement authorities take quite seriously

and they should carefully and thoroughly review

perceived threats to the safety of the community.

- There's someone out there.

- You saw it? - Yes!

- [Man] Hello?

Clown?

(feet running) (girl screaming)

Hey!

Hey! - Scott, no, Scott!

Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!

Oh my God, Emily, Emily, what, Emily?

Where are you?

Emily, where are you?

Emily, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, Emily, Emily!

Oh Emily, oh my God, oh my God.

Help!

Oh my God, oh my God.

(screaming)

No, no, oh my God, oh my God!

No!

Help, somebody help me!

Help!

Help!

Somebody help me!

Scott, Scott!

Oh my God, Scott, help!

Somebody, somebody help me, Scott!

Scott, no!

Help!

(smashing)

(tense music)

- [Man] Hey!

Hey, what the hell?

What are you doing?

The fuck, man!

Get off me!

Get!

(man screaming)

(punching)

- [Woman] I think it's on the right.

- [Man] On the right.

How long has it been since you've been here?

- [Woman] Probably about 10 years.

- 10 years? - Yeah.

- [Man] Fuck, is it always this fucking quiet out here?

- [Woman] Kinda.

- [Man] You okay?

- [Woman] Yeah, thanks for coming with me.

- [Man] Sure.

- [Woman] Okay.

(car beeping)

Can you hold it?

- [Man] Yeah, I got it.

(chainsaw revving)

- Holy shit! - Is this a joke?

- [Woman] Holy shit, holy shit.

- [Man] Run, go, go!

(woman screaming)

Shit!

(shouting)

Run Cindy, run!

(Cindy sobbing)

- Shit, shit.

911, yes, help me, emergency.

Thank God, thank God.

(ominous music)

Yes!

(Cindy screaming)

(static buzzing)

- What are you doing?

- [Jessica] I have a surprise for you.

- Is that right? - Mm-hmm.

- What's that? - Look right there?

- What do we got here?

I like the pink wrapping.

- Mm-hmm. - Nice.

Ooh.

This is like a legit Hollywood slate.

- Mm-hmm. - Behind the Sightings.

That's that clown documentary, right?

- Yep. - Oh my gosh, look at this.

(slate clapping)

Wait, you do after, you do it after right?

- Yeah, I think so. - Okay.

Beyond the sightings, take one.

- [Jessica] Very serious, very director like, I love it.

- Yeah, Todd Smith, director, camera two.

But there's only one camera.

- [Jessica] Not anymore, my mom gave me the money.

We can do our movie!

- Oh my gosh. - Come check it out.

- You're amazing. - It's right here.

- Look at that, you!

(kissing)

You are so freaking amazing.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

And your Mom.

This is freaking awesome. - I know.

- Let's do it, you wanna go?

- What, like right now?

- Yeah, let's take out this thing.

We gotta go and try it out.

- Well, I was thinking of something else for today.

- What's going on? - We can start tomorrow.

I have another surprise.

- I like the idea. - Yeah.

- Scene one. - Alright.

- Shot one. - Take one.

- [Todd] Is that right?

Pretty sure.

- You want me to do it?

Do you wanna do it?

You're the director.

There you go.

- Okay, Behind the Sightings, scene one, take one.

It's just like a little thing here.

- Got it? - Yeah.

- Okay, all right.

Hi, I'm Jessica Smith and this is Behind the Sightings.

We are gonna be investigating clown sightings

that have happened all over the US

and in some cases, all across the world.

And we're gonna get to the bottom of that

and see what's behind it all.

Do you like that? - [Todd] No, do a little more.

- Yeah?

Now when most people think of clowns

they usually think of birthday parties or a circus,

but this year clown sightings have rocked the entire country

from South Carolina to California to Texas.

No one knows why they've been spotted in cities,

near woods and near children playing.

Now, we're gonna investigate

and get to the bottom of this epidemic.

So join us as we research the sightings,

document as much as we can here

and try to get to the bottom of the mystery.

You liked it? - It's awesome.

Alright!

(Jessica giggling)

(acoustic guitar strumming)

- Are you gonna play something for me?

- You become obsessed like. - What?

(Todd mumbling)

Well what's the point of making this

if I can't show off your mad skills?

- There's no mad skills.

- [Jessica] I think you should put something in

about my humor and my brain

and just generally how amazing you find me also.

♪ You make me laugh, you make me cry ♪

♪ Jessica ♪

I don't want make you cry.

- You're into that, come on.

Okay, that's it, come on.

- [Jessica] Okay, okay, alright.

- Alright, thank you.

- Hey guys, so I just thought I'd give you an update

on what we've been doing.

We have been researching the clown sightings

and it is crazy.

It is so much bigger than we thought.

I mean, there've been sightings pretty much everywhere.

And what we did because we're getting a little disorganized

is we turned our office into this really cool war room.

You can see Todd right in there just working away.

He's been in there like six hours.

It's getting obsessive.

Hey babe? - Yeah.

- [Jessica] Is it okay if I come in there for a minute

and you can kind of update people on what you found?

- Sure.

Sorry, let me just finish this real quick.

- [Jessica] I'll wait, I'll wait.

- Just finishing this email.

- [Jessica] Mm-hmm.

- So basically, I've- - Sorry, one sec.

Can you look directly into camera just to kind of

you know, update the audience direct.

I mean, you're a director, now you have to entertain.

- Okay, so just a quick update.

I've been looking on the internet, using it as a tool,

looking up police reports, news media, and social media

trying to connect these sightings.

What I've found is these sightings have happened

almost everywhere in America.

They've happened, one week there's a sighting,

the next week there's a sighting.

There's gotta be a connection, but I can't quite find it.

So what I decided to do is find a focal point.

The focal point that I've found is right here

in North Carolina, there's been reports of sightings

but there's no evidence of the actual sightings.

- [Jessica] No photos, no anything?

- No photos, no documentation, but it's just endless.

These people are saying they're seeing clowns

but there's no documentation.

Just like all across America

there is documentation of these sightings.

So I think that's a great focal point.

- [Jessica] Yeah, we should definitely start there.

- [Todd] This is a good spot.

You ready for your reporter debut?

- Here? - Yeah.

I think it's good, what you think, like outside?

Yeah, this is great.

- In front of a fountain, yeah, sure, why not?

- [Todd] Let me go grab the tripod.

- Okay, I'll set up.

So we've been investigating these clown sightings

and although they started in South Carolina

they've become somewhat of an epidemic.

I mean, it's been as far west as Washington,

down to Texas, up in New York

and we actually read about a couple sightings

in Europe and Australia.

So it seems to be happening all over the place

and people don't know why or how it's connected

and they're going further than scaring people.

They're actually hurting some people and committing crimes.

So it's a much more serious situation

than we thought at first.

We're going to try and get to the bottom of it

and hopefully we'll discover more soon.

Why are you still filming?

- [Todd] Because we have to film anything and everything.

Now get in the car.

- An evil clown expert?

Where did you even find this guy?

- [Todd] I told you I made a post online and he commented.

- You found him online?

- [Todd] Yes, he sounded really smart.

I mean, our goal is to interview a clown, right?

- Yeah, yeah, and I mean, he's an evil clown expert.

He must know all about this stuff.

What did he get, like his masters in cloud expertise

and PhD in evil, or?

- [Todd] Are you seriously joking right now?

- No, I'm genuinely curious as to

how one becomes an evil clown expert.

I guess the first question is how does one become

an expert in evil clowns?

- Well, it's a long story, but to make it short,

I went to the circus a lot as a kid and I loved the clowns.

And when I became a historian,

well clowns became a natural focus of my research.

But what really grabbed me was

when I started seeing things in the historical record,

referring to a dark side of clowns.

And it seemed like nobody wanted to talk about that.

- [Jessica] A dark side, can you elaborate on that a bit?

- Yes, well, there were clowns that were, well, evil.

Evil clowns.

- Evil ones? - Yeah.

- [Jessica] For example?

- Well, it's hard to say,

but there are clowns that that you've been seeing.

You asked me to come and talk about these creepy clowns

and there are creepy clowns

but those creepy clowns are kind of regular clowns

with a little twist.

They're not evil.

- [Jessica] So the ones in the sightings you're saying

aren't dangerous, aren't evil?

- Oh no, no, no.

The ones that you see are out there

because they wish to be seen.

They want to entertain.

If you go to a horror movie

and you see something horrible and you go (gasping)

and then you go (exhaling), you know, you laugh.

Creepy clowns are clowns for that kind of audience,

but they're not evil.

- [Jessica] Okay, so then where would

the evil ones be coming from?

- Well, you've got to sort of,

have you ever heard the expression

never get on the bad side of a clown?

- [Jessica] No.

- Well I guess you'd need to know some history of clowns.

Do you know where clowns came from?

- [Jessica] Well, they started from jesters, right?

- Yes, of course, court jesters.

And, well, the problem was that

some of the kings were sadistic.

And if you were a joker for a sadistic king

you had a very difficult life.

I mean, you were worried about if you offend him

are you going to be banished or beheaded?

And it's not unreasonable.

It's not, it's not unusual to understand

that some of these jesters cracked, they went mad.

- [Jessica] Well that makes sense but I mean,

how do they connect to the evil clowns of today?

- Well, the clowns that you're seeing today,

the ones that you see, are creepy,

but they want to be seen.

They want to entertain.

The evil clowns don't wanna be seen.

They are hidden jesters intent on doing evil.

- [Jessica] So could you tell though,

I mean if you see individual clowns, for example,

we have actually some photos with us today

and they identify individual clowns that have been seen.

Is there any way to tell if it's creepy, if it's evil?

- No, no, no, I, I, here, take them back.

I do not want to make comments on individual clowns.

I won't do that.

- [Jessica] No, but this is just explain if-

- No, no, no, I can't do that.

You don't understand, stop the camera, stop.

- No, it's alright.

Okay, I'm just asking for help identifying whether this-

- [Doctor] No, no, look, you don't know it,

but you're at risk.

And my being here puts me at risk

and it's not fooling around.

This is real stuff.

You'd have no idea what would happen

if some of these clowns come looking for you.

- [Jessica] Right but don't you think the public

deserves to know about them?

- [Doctor] You want to kick a hornet's nest?

I mean, is that what you want to do?

We're done here, I want you out of my,

I want you out of my room, out!

- Alright, alright. - Jess?

- What? - What do you think?

- What do I think, are you serious right now?

Crazy. - That guy was crazy.

- What's wrong with him, where'd you find him?

- [Todd] Online.

- I hope so.

- Hi, Todd and Jessica here for another update of-

- Todd, Todd and Jessica?

- Sorry. - When did we switch that up?

- Okay, okay, let's do it again, I got this.

- Okay. - Okay.

- Todd. - Yeah, okay.

Hi, Todd and Jessica here for another update

of Behind the Sightings.

Now there are over a hundred counties in North Carolina

but one county has the most activity, Nash County.

Now what I've done here is I've started to plot out

the different sightings.

Now, there, there are over hundreds of sightings

in this county alone.

For example, this sighting here,

someone was being chased through the woods.

Now this clown had a knife.

Now the interesting thing about these sightings is

there's been reports but there's no documentation.

I think it's a great place to start.

- Wait, there's no evidence whatsoever?

Like no photos, no nothing?

- No photos, just reports.

So I think that these clowns particularly

don't want to be seen.

- But wait, hold on a sec.

'Cause we found that they're pranksters

dressing up as clowns.

Is it possible there are also pranksters on the other end,

like just calling in clown sightings where there are none?

I mean, if there's no photos.

- That's a good thought, Jessica,

but I think these clowns particularly don't want to be seen

because maybe they have a more sinister agenda.

- Like up to something illegal?

- Yeah, I mean, there's been weapons.

There's been chases.

- But I mean, people say there have been weapons,

that's what I'm saying.

- This clown right here broke someone's window,

a car window.

- Maybe the guy just broke his window

and wanted insurance or something, I don't know.

I'm just saying that before we decided to focus here

we should maybe get a little proof

of something actually going on.

- What are you doing?

This isn't, seriously? - What?

- We're trying to do a fucking update here.

- I know, I'm just saying that like-

- You're not believing anything I said,

I've done research all day long.

- Relax, relax, that's not what I'm saying.

All I'm saying is that we should make sure

this is where we wanna start

because otherwise it makes no sense to do the update

and end up starting somewhere else.

- I've done like 10 hours of research.

This is the place to start.

- I'm not discussing that.

- This is the only place in North Carolina

that doesn't have any documentation of the sightings.

- Well maybe because there's no clowns.

- That's what I'm trying to get across to the people.

- Okay, okay, we'll get some proof with post or something

and then go, I just don't think we should go out,

you know, running over Nash County if we don't have

even a single photo.

- Okay, you know what, why don't you do the research?

- Are you seriously- - Yeah, you can go and do it.

Yeah, just go ahead.

You know what, we'll do this again.

In our last update Jess was kind of skeptical

about starting in Nash County because there was no proof,

but guess what, I got some news for her.

Hey baby, hey, so I was just wondering,

do you remember the last update we did?

- Yeah.

- [Todd] Anything particular?

- You were talking about starting where

there are clown sightings but no clown photos or something.

- [Todd] Yeah, I think I remember we were focusing

on Nash County but you were skeptical

because there's no proof, only reports, is that right?

- Right.

- [Todd] Well guess who got 27 emails from different people

in Nash County reporting clown sightings.

- You did? - I did.

That's cool. - Yeah.

- [Todd] So where do you think we should start, Jess?

- So today we have a pretty big day ahead of us.

Thanks to Todd who got 27 emails from people in Nash County

who all have reportedly seen clowns.

So we're gonna meet up with them, do some interviews,

some of them said they have proof and documentation

so we can finally get some of that.

And yeah, just kind of see what their experience was

because we know everyone has had different experiences

with different clowns in different areas.

So maybe we'll get some light shed.

(Jessica vomiting)

- [Todd] Jess, you all right?

- Yeah, get the camera out, please.

This girl lives far out.

- [Todd] It's pretty cool out here.

- Yeah, it's gorgeous.

So what did she tell you exactly?

- [Todd] I don't know, she said she saw some clowns.

So we're trying to,

she really didn't give me much information.

- My stomach's a little weird.

- [Todd] I think it's coming up here on the right.

- [Jessica] Okay.

- Let's go. - Let's do it.

Alright.

(door knocking)

I don't see anyone, but oh, here she is.

Hey, Shannon? - Hi.

- Hi, I'm Jessica, this is my husband Todd right there.

- Nice to meet you. - Hi-

- I didn't realize you were going to be filming already.

- [Todd] We're just trying to document everything.

- Yeah, we need to get everything on camera

for the interview we discussed.

Is that alright?

- Yeah. - Okay.

I mean, do you want to tell us about the clown sighting

and what you saw, what happened?

Just as much detail as you can will be great.

- Oh, well I've seen two.

I saw one over at the park on the straightaways.

You know, kids have been saying for a long time

that they've seen clowns down there

but I thought it was just kids just being kids, you know?

And I saw one.

- What was it like, what did it do?

- It's just wearing a clown suit.

Just waved at me.

I'm sorry, can you turn the camera off?

It's making me very uncomfortable.

- I'm sorry, it's just, we really need

to get all the footage for, just to be in the-

- [Todd] Just a few more questions.

- Yeah, just a couple more questions please?

'Cause we really want to know.

So have your friends seen any clowns?

I mean, was it wearing anything special?

Did it threaten anyone in some way?

- There was another one.

- Okay.

- He wasn't wearing a clown suit or anything.

It was just camouflage and an orange shirt.

- He was wearing camo, what did he do?

- Just freaked me out.

I just got a really bad feeling about it.

So the next day my friend got hurt.

I'm sorry, I don't wanna talk about this anymore.

No, I'm sorry, I'm done.

- Just what happened to your friend though specifically,

it really helps to know.

- I'm done.

- Shannon, you answered our post.

- You need to leave my house.

All right, you can get off my porch, please.

- But you called us for an interview.

What the hell just happened?

- [Todd] What was that all about?

- Why is that girl so freaked?

Didn't she call us for an interview?

I'm so confused, what did she want exactly?

- Good job, you're ruthless though.

That was crazy.

So we've been searching for clowns all this time,

I thought it'd be fun to wake Jessica up with one.

Here we go.

Jess, honey, wake up.

Babe, we got an interview today.

Wake up.

Wake up!

(Jess screaming)

(Jess mumbling)

- Success!

- I hate you so much.

- Hey, I thought we were trying to look for clowns.

We're gonna take to the street

to find out the public's opinion

about the clown sightings across America.

Hi, excuse me, can I ask you guys a couple of questions?

- Sure.

- We're doing a documentary on the clown sightings, here.

- We're researching the clown sightings

that have been taking place all across the US.

Have you heard about them, what do you think of them?

- Yeah, I've heard about them.

I think it's mass hysteria.

- Really?

- Yeah, I don't think there's anything to it.

- The only thing I've heard is like,

I have four boys and they're obsessed

by watching the YouTube videos.

So they sit around daily

and just like one after the other, after the other.

So that's all I've really seen.

- Yeah, I heard about it.

My mom is like, hey, be careful.

- I've heard a lot about clowns coming out of the woods.

But other than that, I mean, I haven't seen any clowns.

- Terrorizing children.

It sounds like an epidemic

from the way the news is making it.

- I don't want to be rude or anything,

but it's mainly you white people that's out in the woods.

- I think they're just people dressing up

and trying to get a laugh or something.

Or maybe just scare people.

- A bunch of stoner idiots, right?

- Are y'all afraid of clowns?

- I'm afraid of them, I don't like them.

- No!

- Are you kidding, they're so spooky looking.

- No, you're just taking it too far.

- [Jessica] Sir, even with the serious incidents

that have happened? - Pardon me?

- Even with the serious incidents

that have happened, you don't?

- I don't get stressed out and things like that, no.

- Well what would you do if you saw clown now?

What if a clown came up to you now?

- I'd laugh and I'd accept it as a clown.

- You would laugh, you wouldn't be afraid?

- No. - You're crazy.

- The individual has some type of mental illness.

- Somebody needs to pray for these people.

- I think they're creepy personally, but that's me.

And I'm not a young child.

- I mean, would you ever dress up like a clown like that

and scare people?

- Maybe.

- I know they banned them for Halloween, right?

Like they couldn't use any of the clown costumes

or anything like that.

- [Jessica] I think so, yeah.

- Or in some states maybe they did that.

- I can't wait for the day they come up with someone

who has a gun, just shoots one of them.

Serve 'em right.

- Have you ever heard of the term clown lives matter?

- The term what, clown, are you serious right now?

- I'm dead serious.

- How about black lives matter, okay?

- Of course, but-

- We got people that are supposed to be

in authority killing us.

Black lives matter, that's what matters.

- Clown lives matter is a very real group.

- I don't have time for that.

Are you serious right now?

- I'm dead serious. - Clown lives matter?

- And with that what did you tell your children to do

if they saw a clown?

- Well, if somebody approaches them to run away.

We had a conversation, other than that.

- And call the authorities? - Yeah.

- Wonderful, thank you guys for your time.

- You're welcome. - Thank you.

- [Todd] So Jessica, tell us your opinion

about the general public's interviews today.

- I thought it was really cool.

A lot of people already knew about the sightings

which is great for us.

It makes our jobs easier.

- [Todd] Yeah, pretty crazy.

Who's this guy?

- I have no idea.

- Hey, y'all are the ones looking for the clowns?

- We're here with Sam who saw a real live clown sighting

up close just near here.

And if you could tell us a bit about it, that'd be great.

- Yeah, shit, it was me and a couple of my homeboys,

you know, we was just riding around,

headed to our usual spot where we turned up at

down on Peachtree Way. It was in the cut, it's a dead end

so, you know, one of the few places we can go

and smoke our smoke and drink our drink

without the police bothering us and shit.

So, you know, after a little while, you know,

we turn it up, having a good time

and then we thought we saw some shit in the woods.

So we got a little bit closer to just make sure

it wasn't just the liquor fucking with us.

And when we got closer

it was a God damn clown, man.

- In the woods? - In the fucking woods.

- What was he doing?

- Shit, one of 'em ran out in the street,

started dancing and shit, acting all crazy.

I don't know if he was trying to scare us or what

but it actually was crazy.

- Wow, I mean have you been back there since?

Have you seen them again?

- Hell no, we haven't been back there since.

We heard them motherfuckers is down there every night.

We don't fuck with no clowns like that.

- Every night?

- Every nights is what I was told.

- Well, do you have directions to this place?

You remember where it is, right?

- [Todd] We don't actually, we don't need directions.

- We definitely do need directions to a clown sighting.

Yeah, can you point out the way

or just write out some directions?

- I tell you what, give me a minute,

I'll write the directions out for you.

- Awesome, thank you so much.

What do you mean we don't need?

- You could read my writing, right?

- Yeah, I got it man, thanks.

- Now listen, if some shit happens there to y'all,

don't come looking for me.

- All right, thank you.

- [Todd] Okay, yeah, y'all be careful.

It sounds like a fucking setup.

- Can you.

Hey guys so after discussing it for a bit,

we decided we're gonna follow up Sam's story

and head out to Peachtree Way at night.

Hopefully we get to experience a clown sighting

for ourselves and of course, document it all on camera.

So we're going to have some equipment with us

that actually you can explain cause I don't get it.

- So both, as Jessica was saying,

we're gonna have certain equipment, some for safety,

we're gonna have two cameras rolling at all times

to document the clown sightings.

For safety, Sam said it's a dead end road

so we're going to park so our car is facing the exit.

If we need to get out, we can.

Also, I've got this military grade flashlight.

It's pretty cool, it's got like five settings.

So basic flashlight,

it's a little dimmer.

I know there's a, yeah, there's a self-defense mechanism.

Now this comes in handy in case anything goes wrong.

So, come with us as we try to experience

a real life clown sighting.

- Do you think we will?

- [Todd] Do you know where the turn is?

- [Jessica] Should be coming up.

Oh wait, yeah.

I think so.

Alright.

(blinker clicking)

So we are going down Peachtree Way

to hopefully spot some clown, oh wow.

(Jessica whispering)

- [Todd] Oh my God, look at this place.

- [Jessica] My God.

- [Todd] This is insane.

- [Jessica] This is creepy.

We better see some clowns out here.

- [Todd] I feel like this would be the place.

It's freaking pitch dark.

- [Jessica] Yeah.

All right, I'm gonna turn around.

- [Todd] Yeah, just like turn around

so if we have to get out we can.

Yeah, try and point your lights towards.

- [Jessica] Yeah, yeah.

(mumbling)

- [Todd] Oh my God, are you nervous?

- A little, you ready for this?

- [Todd] I was born ready.

- [Jessica] Oh my God, it's gonna be epic.

Like look at this place right now.

If I can get a video of a clown, like right down here.

- [Todd] Come on, clowny clowns.

(giggling)

- [Jessica] I doubt they're gonna respond to that.

How far are we from like anywhere at the moment, any place?

- [Todd] I was actually wondering the same thing.

You know what else sounds kind of fun to do out here?

- What?

- [Todd] Well, we haven't broken in our car yet.

- True. - Hey.

- But I think it'll be hard for you to keep filming.

- [Todd] Why?

I think the audience would love it.

Come on, show us a little skin.

- No. - Come on.

- No. - Just a little bit.

- Just a little bit? - Yeah.

- Just like right here. - Woo!

Hey, I'll turn the camera away, you show me your boobs.

- [Jessica] Hey!

- [Todd] It is pretty creepy out here though.

- [Jessica] Ya think?

- [Todd] Like if you actually saw one, what would you do?

- [Jessica] What would I do?

I mean, I would try obviously to tell you to

get the best shot of it.

And then I'd runaway like hell, that's what I'd do.

- [Todd] Do you have any service on your phone?

- [Jessica] I have absolutely nothing.

- [Todd] Yeah, me neither.

- [Jessica] Great.

- [Todd] Man, this is, this is officially exhausting.

- [Jessica] How long have we been here?

- [Todd] Two and a half hours now.

- [Jessica] Jesus.

- [Todd] I know, we didn't see anything.

It's like, is this the wrong place?

- [Jessica] No, he said Peachtree Way.

This is Peachtree Way.

- [Todd] You sure you didn't write the directions?

- [Jessica] No, I'm sure I wrote it right.

All right, let's leave.

- [Todd] I don't know.

Holy fuck! - What just happened?

- [Todd] There was a fucking clown

right outside your window!

- [Jessica] I definitely saw something-

- Grab the tripod! - Yeah, gotcha.

I can't see anything.

- [Todd] Just be careful.

Who is that? - I don't know.

- [Todd] Hey!

- [Jessica] Now what the fuck is he doing?

- I have no idea.

- Oh my gosh, this is gold!

Just keep filming, I'm gonna get a closer look.

- [Jessica] Okay, be careful, please.

- [Todd] Holy shit!

Nice dance moves.

I waited a long time for you, buddy.

- [Jessica] Todd, please don't go too far, Todd.

- He's just dancing.

- [Jessica] Oh God.

- [Todd] Is this a fucking joke?

Amazing.

(bushes rustling)

- [Jessica] Todd, look out, right behind you!

- Holy shit! - Holy fuck!

- [Todd] Fuck.

- [Jessica] Jesus, how many of them are there?

- Did you get that? - I got that!

- Oh my God, this is fucking amazing.

- [Jessica] You see 'em?

- [Todd] I want to get a better look.

- [Jessica] Todd, I don't think that's a great idea.

- Just get in the car.

- [Jessica] Oh jeez, fuck.

- [Todd] Fuck he go?

Shit.

God, you fucking fuck.

Oh shit.

Hey, we just want an interview!

(Jess screaming)

Jess!

Oh fuck, fuck!

Shit!

(heavy breathing)

The fuck!

Oh shit.

Jess, can you hear me?

Oh fuck, shit!

Come on, man, leave us alone!

Jess!

Oh shit!

Fuck!

Jess!

I can't find my way out!

I'm fucking lost!

What the fu-

Hey, come on, man, go on home!

Go on.

(banging)

Get off me, get off me!

(Todd screaming)

Get off of me!

Jess!

Jess!

Fuck, shit, fuck!

Jess, help, Jess!

Jess, can you hear me?

- [Jessica] Todd, follow the sound of my voice!

- [Todd] Jess, get in the car!

Get in the fucking car! - Okay!

- They're trying to kill us!

Get in the car!

- [Jessica] What happened?

Oh my God, you're bleeding.

- Get in the car and start going!

- Where? - Just drive, he'll move!

Shit, go.

Fuck.

Get out of here, we gotta get out of here.

- [Jessica] What the fuck happened back there?

- Just go.

Fuck, I don't have my wallet.

It could be, it could be in the fucking woods.

I'm not going back.

- [Jessica] I mean, I don't know. Oh my God, Todd, Todd.

- You know what, fuck this, man.

What's up, motherfucker?

Come on, tell me where my wallet is.

- [Jessica] Todd, what are you doing? Please get back.

- I ain't fucking scared of you!

Fuck you!

Man, fuck this.

- [Jessica] Baby.

- Shit, he's got a fucking! - Oh my God, run now, Todd!

I mean, obviously neither of us got much sleep last night

but with everything that happened out at Peachtree

it was honestly, it was pretty weird

and we got a little freaked out

and I'm not sure what to make of it yet.

I mean, it was really crazy and I'm trying to figure out

what our next step should be.

But I do know that I want to get to the bottom of this

and what the hell went on there last night.

We still can't find Todd's wallet anywhere.

I'm hoping he's lost it somewhere around the house

or outside the car.

I mean, he canceled all his credit card,

called his bank and everything.

But yeah, we still don't know where it is.

At least his nose is fine.

It's not broken like I thought it might be yesterday,

just a little bruised up,

but he's a little freaked out and honestly, I get it.

But I do think that people deserve to know

what's been going on because it just-

- [Todd] Jess, you got a minute?

I want to show you the cameras.

- What cameras?

- Since we can't find my wallet

I think need to take some extra security measures,

so I've got now eyes on the front of the house

and the back of the house at all times.

I want you to see these.

- [Jessica] Okay.

- So this is a camera right here, right?

This camera will get anybody that walks up to this door.

So I need you to check the cameras

before anyone comes in the door.

- [Jessica] I will, but don't you think this is kind of-

- You got it?

- [Jessica] Don't you think it's a little much,

having security cameras?

- No, check the cameras, okay?

I want to show you how it works.

- [Jessica] Alright, I will, I will.

- These cameras come with an app,

so you don't have to come to the monitor

to check the cameras, you check 'em on your phone.

- Babe, I mean cameras, apps, this is,

it's a little overkill, don't you think?

- Overkill?

- [Jessica] Look, I know what happened freaked us out a bit.

But honestly I think we keep investigating,

we keep pressing and we find out what is behind all this.

- I guess we do need to let people know.

- [Jessica] Yeah.

- But I think we need to go about this

a little more cautiously.

That's why I installed the cameras.

- [Jessica] No, I agree.

We should be cautious and you know, pay more attention.

But I mean, you're still with me on this,

you're not having second thoughts, are you?

- I'm not having second thoughts.

I mean, I'm a little freaked out, Jess.

- I get that, I get that,

I totally understand that.

I'm just saying that no matter what,

we should really keep going on this.

So you guys probably realize I've been kind of

out of it the last two weeks.

Like my stomach's been really off

and I've been a little moody

and I've kind of been trying to understand

what's been going on 'cause I didn't really feel sick, sick,

but just weird.

And I don't know why I didn't put it together before

but it dawned on me today and.

- [Todd] This is the road.

- [Jessica] Yeah, we are heading to Old Wayne Mill

for some reason, do you wanna explain, Todd?

- [Todd] Yeah, this guy Dave called me

and said he had a clown on camera.

Here, turn right.

I mean it's the only guy out here, right?

- [Jessica] It's the only guy

for a hundred miles around it seems.

- [Todd] Just pull up right next to him.

- [Jessica] Yeah.

- [Todd] Let's just be careful, alright?

Hey. - Hey.

- Dave? - Dave, yeah.

- How you doing? - Good to meet you.

- [Todd] Nice to meet you, this is my wife, Jessica.

- Hi, nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

- [Todd] So you got something for us?

- Well, I got me a wildlife camera

set up about 100 yards back in the woods there,

watching the game trail.

Usually keep track of the deer and wildlife,

critters like that.

But the other day I got me a clown.

- [Todd] A clown, you sure?

- Oh yeah, clear as could be.

It's just about 100 yards back.

My trail is marked with orange ribbons, you can't miss it.

- [Todd] Alright, should we just take the camera?

Maybe get ahold of you later?

- You can go ahead and take the camera.

Leave it right here by this pole.

You can keep the flash drive.

- [Todd] All right, alright, thanks a lot, Dave.

- Sure thing.

Good luck. - Take it easy.

- [Jessica] Thank you.

- [Todd] He said look for the ribbons.

- All right.

Oh, there's one right there.

See, I'm getting it already.

All right.

- [Todd] Is that the second one's right there?

- Yep.

- [Todd] All right, Jess, just be careful.

Just run and grab it.

- Alright, fine, you wanted the footage.

- [Todd] I wanna kind of see what's out here.

- [Jessica] I got it right here.

- [Todd] Did you find it?

- Yep.

- [Todd] Nice, and get the, get the memory card.

- Yeah, yeah, I gotta find it, give me a sec.

- [Todd] All right, let's go, let's get out of here.

- Okay, can you, I'm coming as fast as I can.

- [Todd] I know, I just get a weird feeling from this place.

- You get a weird feeling from everything.

So Todd's been obsessed going through this footage

the hunter down at the mill gave us

for the last couple days.

I mean, there are hours and hours of footage.

I have no idea where this guy,

how long has recording in the woods for.

So far I think he's gotten like three squirrels

and a couple of deer so not super helpful for our purposes

but hopefully- - Hey, you gotta see this.

- Okay, what's up?

- Okay.

- [Jessica] Jeez.

- That's the guy that assaulted me in the woods.

- [Jessica] The same one, are you sure?

- I'm fucking positive, Jessica.

Look at what, what is he even carrying?

You see that? - I don't know! I see it.

I'm just saying it's it's not really easy

to tell what's in there.

- [Todd] Look how big he is, like this guy is huge.

- [Jessica] Yeah.

- I'm telling you, I think this is all we need.

I got one more inquiry about an interview today.

It's about this guy that owns a convenience store

said that there some clown activity, that's it.

But this compiled with Peachtree Way and this interview,

I think that's it.

- [Jessica] I mean, babe, sorry.

I just really don't think that's enough.

I mean, ideally I'd love to get an interview with this guy

and see what the hell they're up to and what's going on.

I mean, this is enough for what?

We don't even know what he's carrying.

We don't know why they're out there still, it's really-

- I don't wanna find out what he's carrying.

This is crazy!

- [Jessica] Well I mean, how about this?

He could be a poacher, think of it that way.

- A poacher in a clown mask, that's a new thing.

Why the heck-

- No, okay, but that's what I'm saying.

Everyone's too scared to go near the forest.

Maybe that's what they want.

- I've never heard of anyone poaching in a clown mask.

Come on, Jessica, let's be real.

Like when are you done, huh? - When I get an interview,

when I get to the bottom of this, that's when I'm done.

So apparently there was a clown sighting here

and the manager got in touch with us

that his clerk saw clowns.

And Todd's gonna try to get an interview with him.

So hopefully.

- [Todd] Alright, he agreed to do an interview.

- Yeah, awesome.

- [Todd] Yeah, let me get the camera.

- Sure.

- Hey, you already got that thing. Nice to meet you.

- [Todd] So you said you saw some clowns come through here?

- Yeah, yeah, I didn't see 'em myself, my clerk did.

It was a couple of clowns, come in with a girl.

He said that the girl came running and she was screaming,

went to the back and a clown came in,

stood right in front of him

and then a second clown came in,

ran back to get the girl and they left.

I mean, he was pretty freaked out.

- Did he say what the clowns look like?

- You know, a couple of clowns, I don't know.

- [Todd] Anybody call the police?

- I mean, yeah, he was kind of dumbfounded

and just stood there.

But then after he called the police

and they came out and then he called me and he quit.

- Damn.

Do you by any chance have cameras or anything in this store?

- Oh yeah, got my camera right there.

I told the police, you know,

I keep it there for robberies, you know,

any kind of thefts in here, stealing,

clerk's going to sleep,

but they didn't want anything to do with it.

- So you still have the footage?

- Oh yeah, yeah, got the footage right here.

- [Todd] Can we take a look at the tapes?

- Ah, nah, nah.

- [Todd] Come on.

- I mean, if I'm going to show you the footage

I'm going to need a little bit of compensation for it.

I mean, you know, I figured you movie people,

you got some money, so.

- We're not, we're just filming this.

- [Todd] You got the wrong idea, it's just me and her.

We're just trying to document this,

trying to find more about these sightings.

We've had some crazy experiences ourself.

- Yeah, yeah, but you know,

I know how the movies work and stuff and you know

if you want to see this tape right here then-

- [Todd] 20 bucks.

- Todd! - Just chill.

- Can we, I'm sorry, can we take a look first

and see if there's actually anything on the tape?

- Nah, nah. - Seriously?

- You're either gonna have to pay me or you can leave.

- [Todd] 30 bucks.

- Look, is that camera's still on?

- I'll turn it off. - Alright, turn it off.

- I got the tape, I got the tape!

Who's your man? - You lost 40 bucks.

- Hey, 40 bucks is nothing.

If we can connect these clowns

with the clowns at Peachtree Way

we can slam these motherfuckers!

- [Jessica] Question, do we have a VCR at home?

- Of course, we have a VCR, everybody has a-

- [Jessica] Whoa!

- Fuck does this guy want?

What? - Gimme the tape.

- No, I gave you 40 bucks. - Really?

What is it, 1990 still?

Nobody uses videotapes.

Here's the flash drive with all the footage.

Fucking idiot.

(ominous music)

- You guys have to see this.

So someone decided to leave a clown doll

right outside our door, which is super weird.

- Will you put that doll down! - Jeez, sorry.

- [Todd] Now just watch.

- Think it's a prank? - Why would he put

a fucking doll there?

- Maybe it's a prank. - I don't know.

- Could it have just been a joke?

- I think it could be a camera or something.

- Come on, Todd.

- My fucking wallet. - What?

- Fuck this doll.

Make sure everything's in there, please.

- Oh my God.

This motherfucker dropped my wallet.

This is, I told you.

- Okay, okay, so that's how he knew our address.

- Everything's there, but this is a fucking threat, Jess.

- It's a threat?

Everything's there! - We need to go to the cops.

- And tell them what, that they returned a wallet

with everything in it?

- No, tell them that we have surveillance

of a clown dropping off this stupid fucking doll

and my wallet which we lost in the woods.

- And what are the cops gonna do about that?

They stole nothing and they dropped a doll

outside our house.

I'm not in the mood for this.

- You're not in the mood for this?

- [Jessica] I'm not brushing it off.

I'm just thinking, if they were bad guys

wouldn't they have taken something?

- Is this a prank on me? Like are you fucking in on it?

- [Jessica] I don't know what it is!

- Why would you not get the reality of this shit?

- [Jessica] You wanna go to the cops

and tell them that a clown dropped off a doll

outside our house, they're gonna laugh at us, Todd.

I understand, I'm not saying it's not creepy, Todd.

I'm not saying it's not weird.

All I'm saying is the police aren't gonna do shit.

All your credit cards were in there.

- This is a threat, Jessica.

What's gonna happen next?

So here's one of the last video updates.

I've reviewed all of the footage we have

from the convenient footage, convenience store,

Peachtree Way, and these clowns are not pranksters.

These clowns are real.

They are causing, they have weapons.

They are making, this is the crazy part

of what we're trying to investigate.

I think we've gone too far.

Jess is freaking out.

- [Jessica] Todd, are we still talking about

these fucking clowns right now?

- Yes, they came to our house.

Will you just give me a minute?

- [Jessica] They came to our house

and dropped off a wallet and a doll.

- Will you just please give me a minute?

I'm talking to the camera. Will you give me a minute?

- [Jessica] Can we discuss what you're talking

to the camera about?

'Cause all they did was drop off your fucking wallet

and again we're making it a whole issue and I just,

I'm not in the mood.

- Can you please, please?

- What? - Okay.

- [Jessica] Seriously, are you ignoring me right now?

- In the convenience store footage

we saw the clowns in the woods,

we saw the clown with the machete and I saw Shannon.

Now I've emailed Shannon to make sure that this is real.

- [Jessica] Yeah, and Shannon, we interviewed her

a few days later and she was fine.

That's what I'm saying.

There's not a problem with these fucking clowns.

- Do you want to do this?

- Yeah, we are gonna do this right now.

- Here, sit down, fucking do it.

- [Jessica] Really, that's how you're gonna be?

- [Todd] Yeah, go ahead.

- All right, here's the update.

The clowns returned a wallet, Todd.

- Fucking do it! - I'm doing it!

The clowns returned a wallet and left a doll

and we're still making this a huge fucking issue.

That is the update.

Do you want to come and add something on?

- [Todd] You got it, baby.

- You have to relax about this.

I'm tired of hearing about this shit.

Can you please come back here?

- No. - Seriously right now.

- [Todd] Fuck no.

You wanted to do it, do it.

- [Jessica] I did it.

I said everything that I think has happened.

- [Todd] No, you sat down like a little sarcastic bitch.

Now, if you want to do it, do it.

- [Jessica] What the fuck did you just say?

- [Todd] That's exactly what I said.

Now do you want me to do my fucking job

or do you wanna do it? - [Jessica] Your fucking job?

I thought we were doing this together, I'm sorry.

- So,

the clowns in the convenience store,

the clowns at Peachtree Way

and the clowns at Old Wayne Mill are not fucking around.

- [Jessica] All I'm saying is we can't be sure of that.

That's what I'm saying.

- Jess, come on!

- [Jessica] Don't fucking scream, please.

- I'm not gonna fucking sit here and do this

with you sitting in the back telling me what to say!

- [Jessica] What the fuck do you want me to do?

You want me to just leave right now?

- Yes, leave!

- [Jessica] Oh great, fuck, great.

- We might have a potential interview with clowns.

Shannon emailed us back.

Do you want me to read it? - Yeah, yeah, read it.

- I want to be clear about this.

The convenience store was a prank.

Sorry to have dragged you guys into this

but if you really wanted to

they said they would do an interview with you guys.

They will be waiting for you guys on Friday

down at the Old Wayne Mill.

Helper asked me to send this to you.

He said that they'll meet you on a bridge.

Never done this before

but they're interested in talking to you.

They want to meet at night.

- [Jessica] That could work.

It would be moodier shot.

We gotta get this interview.

What?

- Look at this picture.

- [Jessica] Well, that's weird and creepy,

like all the sightings have been though.

I mean they're pranksters, babe, that's what they do.

They're just trying to scare us, I guess.

I mean, Shannon said they're her friends, she knows them.

Please, this is huge, please.

- I don't want anything to happen to you.

- [Jessica] Nothing's gonna happen, Todd, please.

- I'm tired of all the shit I've been through.

- [Jessica] I know.

- Can we just take the footage that we have

and fucking wrap this up?

- [Jessica] I mean, this interview would make the film.

Babe, nothing's gonna happen to us.

- There's been a lot of discussion

about whether we should move forward.

I think Jess was right.

You know, this is our dream.

It's been our dream for a long time.

It's what honestly brought us together

so we're gonna do this.

Hey, come here.

- What's up?

- Just telling the camera how we're about to

go get some clowns to interview.

- Okay. - I love you.

Sorry. - Love you.

I'm glad.

All right, you ready? - Yeah, let's do it.

- Okay.

- Is that the gate? - Yes.

It's here.

This place looks weird at night.

(speaker voice muffled)

- [Todd] Look at that house.

I don't even remember seeing that in the daytime.

- [Jessica] Yeah.

Where did he say he's gonna be?

- [Todd] Said he was on a bridge.

Whoa.

Just watch it.

Oh, that's where we, that's where we found the game cam.

- [Jessica] Oh yeah.

I'm trying to watch here but can't see a damn thing.

- [Todd] Oh, look at that.

Let's turn around so-

- [Jessica] Yeah, I'm just gonna park here.

- [Todd] Yeah, well, let's turn around

so we can get out if we need to.

He said the bridge, I think- - Do you see anything?

- [Todd] I thought the path was actually when we pulled in

I thought I saw a little glimpse of the path.

- [Jessica] Oh fine.

- Maybe you should pull up a little bit more

just so we can, let's just get on the road

so in case we have to get out of here

we can just hightail out of here.

Try to stay close.

This has gotta be it. I mean, this is the bridge, right?

- [Jessica] I guess.

- Wait. - What?

- [Todd] That's him.

All right, let's just. - Alright.

- [Todd] He's just like tilting his head all creepy.

Motherfucker.

All right.

Hang on, Jess, stop.

- What? - Stay here, okay?

- Okay, I'll just keep filming.

- Hey, what's up man?

How's it going?

So, we got your message.

So I guess the first question is

like what the hell are you guys doing out here?

Are you just trying to scare people?

You gonna say anything?

Come on, man.

Talk to us.

Can you say anything?

Can you, can you tell the camera anything?

We're, come on, anything.

Come on, man.

You know anything about Peachtree Way?

Fuck this.

Should we just pack up or? - I mean.

Todd, Todd!

(banging)

Oh my God!

Oh my God!

Oh my God!

Fuck!

Oh my God!

Get the fuck away from!

Who are you?

Todd, Todd!

- Fucking, where the fuck am I?

Fucking untie me, untie me!

Untie me now, I'm fucking done with this shit!

Fucking untie me!

Jessica, help!

Get the fuck off of me!

(slapping)

Get the fuck off of me, freak!

I'm done with this shit!

Turn the camera off, I'm fucking done!

Turn that fucking camera off!

Get the fuck off of me.

Get the fuck off me, help, help!

Get off of me.

Where the fuck am I?

Untie me!

I swear I'm gonna fucking kill you.

Jessica, help!

Fucking I'm- - Help!

Help!

Is someone there?

Is there anyone in there?

Hello?

Hello?

(Jess screaming)

Can anyone hear me?

- Fucking I'm done, fucking stop!

I'm done with this shit!

Stop!

- [Jessica] I need help.

Oh thank God.

Oh fuck.

What do you want?

What do you want?

Help, is anyone there, can you hear me?

Help!

- Get the fuck away from me.

Get the fuck away from me, you fucking freak!

(spitting)

Get the fuck away from me!

Let go, get the fuck outta here, let me out!

Let me the fuck out!

Where's Jessica?

Where is Jessica?

Hey freak, look at me, you fucking freak!

Where's Jessica?

Fuck.

Yeah, fucking fuck you, man.

I'm done with this shit!

Fucking, get that fucking shit away.

Get the fucking shit away from me!

Get the fuck off of me!

Help!

Dude.

Please, please don't, man.

Please, man, we didn't do anything, please.

There's nothing, don't, fuck no, fuck!

Where's Jessica?

Please, just don't fucking hurt Jessica, okay?

Please, do whatever you want, fucking don't hurt Jessica.

Fine, I'll fucking wear it, I'll fucking wear it!

Help!

Please don't hurt Jessica, just please!

Don't hurt Jessica!

Please, please, please, just don't hurt my wife.

Please, do anything you want,

just don't hurt Jessica!

Help!

Jess, Jessica!

Please.

(sobbing)

Fuck, please, let me out of here please!

Please, just don't hurt Jessica.

Please, just don't hurt Jessica,

you can do whatever you want to me,

just please don't hurt my wife, please, please.

- [Jessica] Help!

Get away, get away from me!

Leave me alone now!

Fuck!

Help, please help me.

Please help me.

Please.

Is anyone in here?

Is anyone in here?

Please.

(Jess screaming)

What did you do with Todd?

(mumbling)

- Please, just don't hurt my wife, please.

No, please.

Please just don't hurt my wife, please just don't hurt.

Jessica!

Please don't, please don't, oh God, please!

No please, please.

- Todd?

Todd?

(banging) (Jess screaming)

Who's there?

Where's Todd?

Don't touch me!

Don't touch me!

Hey!

Where's Todd?

Please.

Please, I want to go home, please.

Please, please, I swear we won't come looking again.

You can let us go.

We're not gonna come back.

Did you fucking hear me?

What the fuck?

Please, please, I just wanna go.

(speaker voice muffled)

Why are you doing this?

Will you listen to me, please?

Please, stop, stop, stop it, stop!

You have to listen.

Please.

(Jess squealing)

Oh God!

Please!

'Cause I have a baby, I'm pregnant.

You can't hurt it, you can't hurt it.

(furniture banging)

(punching)

(bag rustling) (Jess sobbing)

The fuck!

Fuck, fuck do I get out of here?

Todd?

Todd!

I wanna get out, I wanna get out!

Fuck, fuck.

I wanna go home.

(country music)

♪ Now don't you try ♪

Todd!

♪ Don't think you're ♪

What the fuck is this place?

♪ Country boy ♪

Jesus, okay, okay.

(door sliding)

Todd, Todd!

(speaker voice muffled)

What the fuck is this?

(Jess whispering)

Todd, Todd!

The fuck, the fuck is that?

(tarp rustling)

(Jess screaming)

- [Todd] Here's a tune I just wrote called Jessica.

♪ Your beauty is something I can't deny ♪

♪ Every time I'm with you feels just right ♪

♪ Jessica ♪

♪ I'll be your man ♪

♪ I'll keep you on when you feel cold ♪

♪ I'll leave you alone ♪

Just kidding, I don't know, that was it.

(ominous music)