Blaire, a girl in her teens, is babysitting for a family in Newport Beach, California. The family is wealthy and has a very large house — you know the sort, with a ridiculous amount of rooms. Anyways, the parents are going out for a late dinner/movie. The father tells the babysitter that once the children are in bed she should go into the parents bedroom and watch TV, as the kids were suffering from nightmares, as it would be easier to reach to them.
The parents take off, and soon she gets the kids into bed and goes to the room to watch TV. She tries watching TV, but she is disturbed by a clown statue in the corner of the room. She tries to ignore it for as long as possible, but it starts freaking her out so much that she can't handle it.
She resorts to calling the father and asks, "Hey, the kids are in bed, but is it okay if I watch TV downstairs?This clown statue is really creeping me out."
The father says, seriously, "Get the kids, go next door and call 911."
She asks, "What's going on?"
He responds, "Just go next door and once you call the police, call me back."
She gets the kids, goes next door, and calls the police. When the police are on the way, she calls the father back and asks, "So, really, what's going on?"
He responds, "We don't have a clown statue." He then further explains that the children have been complaining about a clown watching them as they sleep. He and his wife had just blown it off, assuming that they were having nightmares.
The police arrive and apprehend the "clown," who turns out to be a midget, mental disorder patient. He would come into the kids' rooms at nights and watch them while they slept.
Repeatedly, the kids would tell the parent about the "clown nightmare" which the parents disregareded, thinking it was all a dream
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