Schoolgirl, 10, broke her arm after being barged over by a knife-wielding killer clown in a Slender Man mask – aged just NINE
A SCHOOLGIRL broke her arm after she was shoved by a knife-wielding nine-year-old boy dressed as a killer clown wearing a terrifying Slender Man mask.
Casie Morrison, ten, was playing in the park when the yob emerged from the bushes.
The frightened youngster's mum, Kirsty, 36, told the boy to clear off but as he barged passed Casies she fell to the ground cutting her legs and breaking her arm.
Cops were called following the incident and spoke to the boy responsible.
Her mum said: "He had clown clothing on with a Slender Man mask.
"It was horrendous. I still can't believe this was a nine-year-old boy. Casie isn't herself - she's very shaken up - and my youngest won't even go to the toilet alone now.
"It has gone over and over in my head what could possess a child of this age to do such a thing and even be able to get hold of a knife in the first place or the outfit.
"It certainly isn't something my children would have access to.
"I was the only adult there, and I dread to think what could have happened even if I wasn't in the park with my children.
"Everyone laughed off the silly clown thing last year, but when you are there in that situation, it is terrifying. All your thoughts are to protect your children.
"We were in a public park. Had it been somewhere else, somewhere more secluded, you never know what could have happened.
"Without a mask on, you would not expect it to be someone so young. It is terrifying to think that someone of that age could be capable of something like that.
"It beggars belief how someone could find doing something like that fun. My girls didn't sleep at all last night because they had been shaken by what happened.
"After this I would really suggest to other parents with young children that they keep an eye on them when they are out and about."
It happened in Witch's Hat Park in Yate, Bristol, last Friday afternoon.
Kirsty said she heard one of her other children scream and looked up to see the boy standing motionless in the bushes.
She said some older children in the park advanced on the clown, who then drew a knife and began to run.
A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: "We received a report relating to a young girl falling off her bike after another child jumped out at her while wearing a mask."
A spate of killer clown sightings were reported across the UK last year.
It had been speculated a return of the craze could occur, following the release of the remake of Steven King's film It - which features a murderous clown.
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