Amidst a year widely recognised as a near-humorless slog, a Wisconsin uncle brought us a fleeting moment of joy this week, attaching a silly-arse skeleton to a quadcopter and buzzing passersby. As a great poet once foretold, however, poor Death hast died.
Photos: Twitter/Zac Crueger
Just a day after the uncle’s heroic efforts to “[fuck] with people” were first publicized, the “evil clown” jokers have already ruined it with their bullshit, doing the same thing but infinitely wacker.
Vancouver-Info Only: Area of NE 54th St/131st Ave-report of a 5ft #clown figure flying in the sky over houses-possibly hanging from a drone
— Portland OR Alerts (@pdxalerts) October 19, 2016
“[R]eport of a 5ft #clown figure flying in the sky over houses,” wrote @pdxalerts, a Twitter account monitoring Portland-area emergency scanners, Tuesday evening, “possibly hanging from a drone.”
Rest in peace, wacky shit suspended from drones, you were far too pure for this wicked Earth.