clowns

Haunted Houses that are in the Yakima Valley to check out this Halloween.

Listen to Todd & Andy each weekday at 6:66am for your chance to win a one way trip to he... um, we mean round trip ride aboard our clown car (provided by Wineries Express) to the Mid Valley Auto Scaregrounds in Kennewick. We'll also hook you up with a pair of passes to three haunts including "Infected", "Terror Behind The Screen" and "Freak Show"...

Clown sightings aren't the only thing people have seen more of in 2016.

For hundreds of years, we lived in a world where clowns were popularly understood to be funny and whimsical ... or, at the least, not absolutely freaking terrifying. Pop stars sang songs like “Everybody Loves a Clown” and “Send in the Clowns.” Parents hired entertainers in colorful satin outfits to do magic tricks and make balloon animals at their children’s birthday parties. Ronald McDonald sold us hamburgers. Emmett Kelly and Red Skelton were TV staples. We had a tacit cultural agreement not just to tolerate clowns, but to look forward to having them around.

The Yakima Herald-Republic says that the sheriff's office is calling it a hoax, but when it comes to shadowy clowns hanging out by the roadside, who wants to risk it?

Let's all agree on this much: Clowns are scary. Sure, they might mean well. Juggling at the circus, flopping around in those enormous shoes, honking silly horns and piling into tiny cars with all their clown friends. But somewhere under all those big red noses and painted-on smiles, they look menacing...

The first weekend in August means one thing and one thing only in my household. Time for another wild weekend at the annual Moxee Hop Festival!