LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa.– Lititz Police are requesting that a “local prankster” not place balloons on grates, similar to a movie that is coming to theaters in a few days.
Lititz Police posted this on their Facebook page:
It reads:
The prankster’s motivation may have been a recent Community Awareness Bulletin released by Pennsylvania State Police.
In the bulletin, state police warned of a potential resurgence of “creepy clown” sightings like those reported in Pennsylvania and around the country last fall.
The Lititz Police Department’s fun didn’t stop there. After their original post went viral, they followed up with this tongue-in-cheek one:
Sooooo our Red Balloon and “IT” post we posted earlier today took on a life its own(no pun intended), and now due to widespread media coverage all over the country and intense public scrutiny and outcry, we have turned the investigation over to our Criminal Investigations Division for further investigation and prosecution of the person(s), errr ah, “thing” responsible. CID wasted no time springing into action, here’s one of them checking for fingerprints with their ever so handy can of “duster.” Don’t worry everyone, we’ll have the person or “thing” responsible in custody in no time, these guys really know what they’re doing! P.S. Don’t tell them that Clowns wear gloves, we want to see how long this keeps them occupied!
“It” will debut in theaters this Friday, September 8.
