2016 clown sightings

The 2016 clown sightings were reports of people disguised as evil clowns in incongruous settings, such as near forests and schools. The incidents were reported in the United States, Canada, and subsequently in other countries and territories from August 2016. The sightings were first reported in Green Bay, Wisconsin in what turned out to be a marketing stunt for a horror film. The phenomenon later spread to many other cities in the US, most notably South Carolina where a 9-year-old boy told his mother that two suspicious males dressed as clowns tried to lure him into the nearby woods. By mid-October 2016, clown sightings and attacks had been reported in nearly all U.S. states, 9 out of 13 provinces and territories of Canada, and 18 other countries.

Prior to the spate of incidents in 2016, numerous sightings of people dressed as clowns in odd or incongruous settings have occurred throughout the world since 2013. The proliferation of videos and images of these precursor sightings spread through social media posts and viral sharing of the content, most notably from DM Pranks, a YouTube channel.

Scope, timeline and effects of sightings

Precursor sightings
One possible precursor event was the 2013 sightings of a "creepy clown" in Northampton, England. The Northampton clown sightings, which were in the town during September and October 2013, were the work of three local filmmakers Alex Powell, Elliot Simpson, and Luke Ubanski. The clown shared similar looks to Pennywise the Dancing Clown from Stephen King's book It. The trio started a Facebook page for the so-called "Northampton clown" and were using the appearances to drive traffic to the page.

In March 2014, Matteo Moroni from Perugia, Italy, owner of the YouTube channel DM Pranks, began dressing up as an evil clown and terrifying unsuspecting passersby, with his videos racking up hundreds of millions of views. A rash of sightings appeared in California in October 2014, which centered around the "Wasco clown", and primarily occurred in the Wasco, California, area with photos appearing on social media.

A person in clown attire was spotted in a cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, in July 2015. This occurrence involved two residents who spotted the "creepy clown" scaling the gate at the Rosehill Cemetery late at night. After the clown entered the cemetery, they turned to face the residents and began waving slowly as they made a video recording. After waving for a few seconds, the clown ran into a dark wooded area and was not seen again. Police investigation of the sighting did not lead to any arrests.

2016 sightings and effects
The 2016 clown phenomenon began in Green Bay, Wisconsin in early August. Five pictures of a creepy clown roaming a vacant parking lot under a bridge in downtown Green Bay at night started going viral on August 1, 2016. A Facebook page was created shortly after claiming the clown was named "Gags." In the days that followed, the pictures ended up being discussed on numerous news outlets including Fox News, USA Today and The Young Turks. Suspicions of the character being related to a horror film were confirmed when a Wisconsin filmmaker announced the pictures were a marketing stunt for a then unreleased short film titled "Gags." A feature film was produced based on the short film and premiered in 2018 with a wide release planned for September 2019.

After the Wisconsin incident, numerous other incidents started popping up across the United States, most notably in Greenville, South Carolina at the end of August 2016. In early October 2016, further incidents were reported in Canada and the first occurrences in the United Kingdom and Australia. British communities were described as "horrified" and pressure had been placed on police resources.

Throughout this time, Internet social media sites received numerous postings related to the phenomenon. The World Clown Association president Randy Christensen took a stance against the current trend of people dressing up as clowns to frighten people. Circuses and other clown-related businesses were affected. In October 2016, McDonald's decided that Ronald McDonald would keep a lower profile as a result of the incidents. A sociologist has called 2016 "a bad time to be a professional clown". The killer clown craze has been linked to a significant increase in sales of clown suits in and near Glasgow, Scotland. During Halloween, some Floridians decided to go armed while trick-or-treating.

Warnings
On October 12, the Russian Embassy in London issued a warning for Russian and British citizens because of the clown scare.

On October 13, Fijian police warned people against involvement in the events.

Clown costume bans and withdrawals
Several New Zealand shops have withdrawn clown costumes from their shelves. The East Side Union High School District, the West Milford school district, Ohio school district, and Springboro Community Schools, issued a blanket ban on all clown costumes and clown masks in addition to previously existing policies and restrictions. Target has pulled clown masks from its website and stores as a result of the scare, as has Canadian Tire. The village of Memramcook, New Brunswick asked residents not to dress up as clowns on Halloween. Employees of theme parks were instructed to remove any horror costumes and make-up before leaving work.

Threatened "clown purge" and aftermath
By October 25, 2016, several news outlets reported on an alleged clown-initiated "purge" or "attack", which supposedly was to take place on Halloween Eve of 2016. While there were no widespread "purge" attacks as threatened, a family from Florida were attacked on October 31, 2016 by a group of approximately 20 people in clown masks (and masks styled after The Purge movie). No arrests were made.

The sightings inspired the upcoming horror film titled Behind the Sightings, directed by Tony Cadwell.

Incidents

Australia
On October 7, several of these sightings were reported in Campbelltown, New South Wales. Four images of sightings in the city were uploaded onto the Internet; one showed a clown being knocked to the ground. Since October 7, there have been multiple sightings across major Australian cities, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth.

On October 8, at around 9:30 PM, two 12-year-old girls were with a parent buying ice cream when they were attacked by a creepy clown. While attacking the girls, the clown tried to steal one girl's phone.

Brazil
In October, a sighting was recorded in Curitiba.

The incidents in Brazil and worldwide led to professional clowns protesting in Rio Grande do Sul in late October.

Canada

Alberta

On October 5, in Edmonton, Harry Ainlay High School was put into lock down due to clown scares on social media. The following day, other incidents in the city were reported at a Catholic school and junior high schools. As well, two incidents of sightings occurred in Fort Saskatchewan, a city direct northeast of Edmonton. Later, a 15-year-old youth admitted dressing up as one of the clowns to RCMP in Fort Saskatchewan.

Elsewhere in the province, the Calgary Police Service received messages from several Calgarians regarding images depicting people dressed as clowns in the city.

British Columbia
On October 6, two teenaged boys dressed as clowns were placed under arrest, following a threat which made schools in the Prince George area be locked down. The teenagers, aged 16 and 17, were arrested at a high school in the area.

New Brunswick
Police are investigating several encounters with creepy clowns in New Brunswick communities. A person dressed as a clown was seen trying to jump out in front of cars in Ripples.

Newfoundland and Labrador
A complaint about a "creepy clown" sighting was received by local authorities, prompting an investigation in Gander, central Newfoundland.

Nova Scotia
In early October, people dressed as clowns were sighted in Halifax, Hammonds Plains, and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Police responded to a sighting at Halifax West High School. People dressed as clowns in Glace Bay have also interfered with traffic.
Police in Clark's Harbour arrested a 24-year-old man wearing a clown mask. Witnesses reported that he grabbed at the clothing of a young boy.

Nunavut
In the first half of October, there were several reports of people dressed as clowns in the hamlet of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut.

Ontario
In early October, people dressed as clowns were spotted chasing children during dismissal at Pope Francis Catholic School, an elementary school in Toronto. Police detained two 15-year-olds in connection with the incident. It is believed they are former students of the school and they were filming their activities for a YouTube video. Police have said that the suspects did not touch the students.
In addition, the Toronto Catholic District School Board spokesperson John Yan said that a group named "Clowns in the 6" have specifically named different high schools in Toronto as targets for potential clown attacks.

On October 6, 2016, a group of people dressed as clowns made a message on an Instagram account saying: "We are coming to London, Ontario's high schools and surrounding areas. We are going to kidnap students and behead teachers, we're not clowning around." The account gained attention in the city of London as well as Saint Thomas and surrounding towns and municipalities. A few days later, a student at Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School in North London was approached by a man wearing a clown costume. The man sprinted at her, coming close to the school itself. Numerous students captured photos on the social media application Snapchat, as the man ran from the property. Clarke Road Secondary School and H.B. Beal Secondary School were both put under lock-downs during the following days. During the height of this "clown epidemic", London District Catholic School Board banned students from wearing clown costumes during Halloween celebrations that year.

Quebec
On August 9, people dressed as clowns were reported to have been chasing children in Gatineau, Quebec.

On October 2, a video surfaced of a person dressed as a clown in the middle of a dirt road in Quebec, with a chainsaw that chased after a car on foot. On October 14, in Montreal, a teenager was chased by a clown with a baseball bat; he called the police, but the culprit was never found.

Chile
In October, a male dressed as a clown was filmed walking around with a baseball bat in Rancagua, Cachapoal Province, pursuing the recorder and his group of friends.

Croatia
Sightings in Croatia begun on October 16 in Osijek, then followed in other cities, such as Karlovac and Trilj. Some teenagers allegedly beat a person dressed as a clown in Osijek and on October 21, the first three people dressed as clowns were arrested in Karlovac. On October 22, another person dressed as a clown was arrested in Varaždin. Croatian minister of interior affairs Vlaho Orepić said in an interview for RTL TV that Croatian police would deal with that issue and ensure safety of citizens.

Denmark
Police districts across the country have received 22 reports of sightings in total by October 17, 2016.

On October 12, 2016, a man was driving home from a football match when he spotted an axe-wielding male dressed as a clown standing in the middle of the road. The man nearly hit the clown, who was later revealed to be a 13-year-old boy.

On October 14, a man in Holbæk was followed by a male dressed as a clown. He managed to punch the clown in the face. Police stated that both parties risked prosecution.

Finland
On October 18, there were two sightings of people dressed as clowns in Tuusula. First, around 10 people dressed as clowns jumped out of a grey van at the play yard of the school. They started to hunt down three kids who escaped to an underpass, where another clown was waiting with a chainsaw. Later, two adults with white overalls and pig masks were running behind at least one child and scared teenagers. On the evening of 22 October in the Kallio district of Helsinki, two clowns jumped in front of a 30-year-old man, who was jogging with his dog. The dog bit one and the man punched another of the clowns. However, the clowns managed to escape. The man made a police report of the incident, and the police did not find the suspects. There were also sightings of people dressed as clowns in Turku, Luvia, Vaasa, Rovaniemi, Porvoo, Espoo, Vantaa, Nurmijärvi, Kotka, Rauma, Riihimäki, Savonlinna, Oulu, Kerimäki, Pieksämäki, Varkaus and Leppävirta.

Germany
On October 15, at 2:00 AM in Wesel, two men reported a man in a clown mask carrying a knife and gun.

On October 21, people dressed as clowns were reported in two northern German towns. One wielding a baseball bat in the city of Rostock attacked a man, leaving him with bruises. Another in the same town threatened a 15-year-old with a knife. In nearby Greifswald, two separate reports involved a clown wielding a chain saw. Two other incidents in Greifswald involved young children being scared by someone dressed as a clown.

On October 25, a 16-year-old masked as a clown was stabbed with a knife by a 14-year-old in Berlin. The 16-year-old had to undergo surgery.

On October 29, the German Interior Ministry announced a "zero-tolerance policy" against creepy clown attire ahead of Halloween. It was reported that over the past several weeks in Germany, there had been 30 reports of incidents involving attacks, robberies, or assaults.

Ireland
There were many reports of incidents regarding people dressed as clowns, but no arrests were made.

On 10 October 2016, organizers of a Halloween haunted house attraction apologised after three people dressed as evil clowns and carrying imitation chainsaws frightened students in the grounds of Newpark Comprehensive School in Blackrock, Dublin. The clowns were said to be publicising the attraction and unaware that the grounds were private property. The attraction's spokesperson said it was "'in no way linked' to the 'creepy clown' craze sweeping across the UK and US". After the incident police said they are taking the clown craze seriously and reports will be investigated. After the statement it was reported that a clown with an axe broke into a home in County Kildare, and scared a child. There were reports of clowns jumping out of bushes to scare schoolchildren. In mid October Dundalk police issued a warning saying "A number of people have been hurt as part of this craze and we are advising people not to take part in it" and that "It could be considered a breach of the Public Order Act or the Offences Against the Person Act."

Mexico
On October 5, residents of Monterrey, Nuevo León made warnings on Facebook that thieves dressing as clowns were present in the area. The Facebook group's alert said that the clowns assaulted a passersby, who were walking home.

On the early morning of October 7, several news sources reported that two males dressed as clowns were found dead in Ecatepec, a suburb of Mexico City, possibly due to being beaten to death by a group of people after the clowns were scaring people. This turned out to be false. The news sites reporting the incident used a photo of two clowns murdered in Guatemala in March 2015.

New Zealand
Sightings were reported in several New Zealand cities, such as in Auckland where a creepy clown was caught on camera at the University of Auckland library.

Dunedin
A man dressed as a clown was arrested in Dunedin for scaring passersby. Four people dressed as clowns stood outside a teenager's home, threatening to kill her.

Hamilton
In the first half of October, a woman was attacked by two people dressed as clowns.

In the second half of October, a person dressed as a clown stole a box of beer and handed it to a bicycling accomplice.

Towns and smaller locations
A woman's three sons were playing basketball at Discovery School in Porirua and one of the sons was approached by a person dressed as a clown. The mother then called the police. A police spokesperson urged for the community to be calm.

In mid-October 2016, a male wearing a clown mask was a tyre-slashing suspect in Timaru.

Netherlands
On October 10, various incidents were reported of a person dressed as a clown wielding a knife chasing and scaring children in Almere Buiten. The police have started an official investigation to find the person responsible and have publicly requested that they identify themselves and to stop causing public unrest.

A person dressed as a clown was sighted in Ruwaard on October 10 and 11.

On October 14, a 17-year-old boy dressed as a clown was arrested in Roermond, Limburg for jumping towards drivers and scaring them.

Norway
On October 11, in Bodø, two youths wearing clown masks were wielding bats and sticks and scaring people. The two turned themselves in to authorities later that night.

In Eidsvåg, a sighting was reported at a petrol station.

Singapore
On October 29, a 19-year-old man filmed himself dressed up as a creepy clown and jumping out towards people. The next day, the man was detained by Singapore Police at his home and taken to a police station for questioning for several hours. It was the first known and only reported clown scare incident in Asia.

Spain
In mid-October, a person dressed as a creepy clown was filmed standing near a road in Lleida.

Also, some sightings were reported in Paterna (Valencian Community). The City Council called for calm and issued guidelines for neighbors to know how to act.

On October 28, a case was reported in Madrid Metro, in Loranca Station (Fuenlabrada), when a young girl was
assailed by two people dressed as clowns.

Sweden
Since the week starting October 10, sightings have been reported in numerous cities: Stockholm, Malmö, Timrå, Ronneby, Linköping, Mjölby, and Falun.

On October 12, a person in the clown mask stabbed a 19-year-old boy with a knife in his shoulder in Tvååker.

On October 13, a woman in Skänninge reported that she was threatened by a pair of clowns armed with knives. The following day, a man in Varberg was injured by a knifeman wearing a clown mask.

By mid-October, Swedish police were reportedly "overwhelmed" as a result of emergency calls due to clown sightings and incidents taking place across the country. On October 13, Swedish Interior Minister, Anders Ygeman, urged Swedes not to join in the clown craze.

Switzerland
In the third week of October, at least three sightings were reported in Zürich. One was reported to be violent, in which a person wearing a clown mask punched a person in the stomach.

United Kingdom

England
Northumbria Police stated that six reports had been made about clown incidents since the beginning of October. Although nobody was attacked during those incidents, some of the reports involve clowns in Newcastle upon Tyne jumping out of bushes to frighten children with other reports of clowns chasing people. On October 4, a teenage boy in Blakelaw, Newcastle upon Tyne, was placed under arrest as a suspect in a clown-themed "prank".

On October 7, a masked man with a painted face and carrying a knife jumped out and chased two students, aged 11 and 12, who were on their way to Hermitage Academy in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, leaving the two students distressed, but unhurt. Durham Constabulary said it was investigating the incident. That same night, a man in Plymouth, South West England, was confronted by a clown with a hammer while walking home from a Tesco supermarket. The clown stood in front of the man, blocking his path and then refused to move when asked, before the man chased the clown away. Devon and Cornwall Police were investigating the incident.

On October 9, a 30-year-old man dressed as a clown was arrested after chasing a woman through Eaton Park in Norwich, East Anglia.

On October 10, a gang of three people dressed as clowns were spotted in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Kent Police reported there had been 59 clown-related incidents between October 7 and 10. On 11 October a teenage boy was hospitalized for a cut to his head after a clown threw a log at him in an alleyway in Dinnington, South Yorkshire, near Rotherham. South Yorkshire Police launched an investigation into the attack.

On October 12, a tradesman in Blackburn, Lancashire apparently tackled a knife-wielding man dressed as a clown and suffered serious hand injuries. The clown was said to have had a green wig and was wearing a "silky green tracksuit with yellow lines down the sleeves and long, Gothic black boots." It was later revealed to be a hoax – the man had simply fallen on broken glass and fabricated the clown attack. He was prosecuted for wasting the time of Lancashire Police.

Scotland
According to Police Scotland, there have been several reports about people dressed as clowns intimidating the public.

A former X Factor contestant claimed to be chased by a "killer clown" in possession of a baseball bat outside a nightclub in Aberdeen.

"Killer clowns" sightings in Dunbar caused traffic jams and were apparently chasing after children. A clown was spotted and filmed crossing a road near the town's Asda supermarket.

"Killer clowns" have been jumping out of bushes to scare pedestrians in Perth and Dundee.

A man walking his dog spotted a "killer clown" near a primary school in Motherwell. The clown ran away after it was revealed that he is scared of dogs, as it is clear in the video that the man filmed.

10-year-old children living in Inverness reported seeing a "killer clown" at a play park who was armed with an unknown weapon. One of the children ran home, leaving her scooter behind. Her older sister, along with her boyfriend, went back to the play park to get the scooter but it was gone, realising that the clown had stolen it.

On 27 October 2016, "killer clowns" were spotted at two schools in Livingston and one school in Bathgate. Pupils at schools in Livingston were locked into classrooms, fearing a break-in from the clowns.

Wales
On October 5, a boy filmed a person dressed as a clown scaring passing drivers in Caernarfon.

On October 7, a 10-year-old schoolboy in Tredegar, South Wales was left with a large bruise after a stone was thrown at him by someone dressed in a clown costume.
A person dressed as a clown who was seen frightening people in the street in Rhyl, who was stopped by police, was revealed to be a wanted man, and another person dressed as a clown was also seen in Merthyr.

On October 10, a girl aged 10 in Bridgend was left scared when four people, wearing clown masks and carrying a "sledgehammer", approached her in a park. That same night, Chief Inspector Paul Staniforth of Gwent Police said: "We've now received 18 reports of people dressed up as clowns throughout Gwent. Some of the reports have included clowns running through gardens and peering through windows, lurking around shopping centres, parks and schools and jumping from trees."

Northern Ireland
On October 5, a number of people dressed as clowns were spotted in Belfast. On October 7, a school in Coleraine had closed its doors for a short time because of fears that people dressed as clowns were on their way to the school. On 7 October a clown threatened children with a knife in Riverside Park, Ballymoney, County Antrim. On Instagram an account called 'killerclownsballymoney' said a clown would be "waiting at Ballymoney High school gates at 3:55 and on Mondays it'll be Dalriada at 2:40". On social media, an image appeared of a clown stood outside Cullybackey College in the village of Cullybackey The police released a video in which they urged people not to participate in the craze and said they faced the possibility of being arrested. On October 12, Holy Trinity College, Cookstown, County Tyrone was locked down after a threat on social media, police officers were deployed to the school and the front gate was closed. UUP politician Trevor Wilson condemned the threat. By mid October 10 children had received NSPCC counselling over fears of the clowns. A school in Ballycastle, County Antrim banned the wearing of clown costumes to a Halloween party taking place during school. Three people dressed as clowns were arrested by police after they scared people in Mullacreevie Park, County Armagh.

United States

After originally occurring in South Carolina, the sightings and threats spread to more than four-fifths of the country's states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico.

Alabama
In the second and third weeks of September, a total of 9 people were arrested across Alabama for threats. Seven of them faced felony charges. A 14-year-old was arrested for a misdemeanor charge for threatening Rainbow Middle School in Rainbow City. Two teenage juveniles were arrested in Calhoun County, one for making threats to shoot up a Saks middle school, and the other for a charge of "child in need of supervision." In Escambia County, a 22-year-old woman and two juveniles were arrested on terroristic threat charges for a September 15 threat against a school.

Alaska
On October 8 and 9, a woman posted on Facebook that her daughter saw a clown near Floyd Dryden Middle School in Juneau and that on the night of October 10, her co-worker was chased while in her car by two clowns who were holding metal objects.

Arizona
Two 17-year-olds robbed a Phoenix Taco Bell and Domino's Pizza while wearing clown masks. Both of the alleged robbers were armed with weapons, and a gun was fired once during one of the robberies, but no one was injured. The two were arrested for robbery.

Arkansas
People dressed as clowns were reported in Lowell near the elementary schools. A person dressed as a clown was arrested in Downtown Bentonville, Arkansas on October 5, 2016.

California
On October 4, people dressed as clowns threatened Fairfield, Sacramento, and Vallejo public school campuses. A clown sighting was reported in Temecula.

On October 5, a person dressed as a clown was accused of trying to kidnap a 1-year-old child from his mother in Concord. No arrests have been made.

That same night, in the Los Angeles County city of Lancaster, three incidents of groups of people wearing clown masks and possibly armed with kitchen knives were reported to the police. In San Pedro, Los Angeles, two clowns were spotted by employees at Taper Avenue Elementary School & Technology Magnet. One clown allegedly had the writing "killer" printed on his mask. In Northridge, Los Angeles, at California State University, Northridge, two students were chased down by a lone clown in the campus.

A 14-year-old from Fontana was arrested for making clown-related threats towards schools.

On October 6, people dressed as clowns were spotted at multiple schools including ones in Moreno Valley, Sacramento, and Beaumont. One clown allegedly walked around the school campus with a sign that read "WEARECOMINGTOCALI." The Huntington Beach Police Department received reports of two separate clown sightings in Huntington Beach: one near a community park and two near a shopping center.

On the same day, the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety launched an investigation in response to nine clown sightings being reported in the city in the past few days. In nearby Santa Rosa, the Santa Rosa City Schools worked with the Santa Rosa Police Department to investigate clown-related threats made to the district's schools, which were apparently hoaxes. Social media reports of potential clown-related activity in the Bay Area's Antioch and Oakland schools lead to investigations by city police investigations. Schools in Pittsburg banned students from wearing any makeup for Halloween due to the clown scare.

The Marysville police arrested a juvenile on a felony charge for making clown-related threats of shooting people at Yuba County schools.

An 11-year-old boy from Salinas was cited for cyberbullying on October 8 for making clown threats towards Alisal Elementary School District schools.

On October 10, a "creepy clown" was spotted and photographed on a MUNI bus in San Francisco; the clown flipped off the photographer after she took the photo.

On October 16, a person dressed as a clown holding a knife approached a man sitting on his porch outside his house in Santa Clarita, and the home owner fired a gun in the air, scaring the clown. A person dressed as a clown was arrested by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies for possession of burglary tools, although the department speculated that the clown arrested was not connected to the one who was holding the knife. The home owner was taken into custody after deputies found drugs and firearms in his home.

On October 23, three men were initially reported to be wearing clown masks and carrying a gun inside the Westfield San Francisco Centre, although it was later reported that the three men were carrying the masks. Mall security reported that the clowns fled the scene after seeing them.

On October 23, sightings of a suspect dressed as a clown in UC Davis's West Village Apartment complex were reported to the police. Media coverage and police bulletins publicized the suspect as wielding an unidentifiable weapon and harassing residents.

Colorado
On September 30, in Denver, a student reported to the police that a person dressed as a clown grabbed her.

In late September, clown-related threats of violence were made to Jefferson County School District, Poudre High School, Palisade High School, Grand Junction High School, Northridge High School.

On October 6, an altercation occurred between a clown and a man at the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail in Colorado Springs. The man allegedly asked the clown to identify himself, who refused to do so, and the man punched the clown in the face. The clown then allegedly hit a bottle of whiskey over the man's head, resulting in him bleeding. No arrests have been made in the case.

Connecticut
New Haven High schools, such as Eli Whitney, Wilbur Cross, Co-Op, and James Hillhouse, were threatened by "Jackson the Clown" on social media. Two girls were later arrested for the threats.

On October 13, New Britain High School was placed on lock down following a clown-related incident at the school. A 35-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man were arrested for a breach of peace, and were driving in a car with clown masks and blaring loud music.

In October 2016, 2 juvenile girls in Naugatuck were charged in connection with making online threats involving "scary clowns".

Also in October 2016, Meriden saw a rash of scary clown sightings and incidents.

Delaware
The Delaware State Police and University of Delaware Police received reports of clown sightings.

Two high school students in Smyrna were arrested and charged with felony terroristic threatening and conspiracy after making threats of clowns committing violence against other students on Instagram. The high school was evacuated and an explosive detection K9 team swept and cleared the building.

Florida
Numerous reports of sightings have been received by the Indian River County Sheriff's Office. In Indian River County, on September 28, while walking her dog, a woman reported seeing a person in a clown costume come out from behind a tree. The person was dressed in a white clown costume, wore a mask, and had red hair.

On September 28, a group of classmates in the Vero Lake Estates area were chased by someone in a clown mask after getting off a bus.

A woman near Victoria Park reported sighting two people dressed as clowns staring at her. Police alerted agencies in the surrounding area. They also conducted a search of railroad tracks and forest areas near U.S. highway 1, but were unable to find them.

Numerous Floridian schools were also put under lock down due to the scare. Additionally, threats arose on social media from people masquerading as clowns, where they threaten to cause a school shooting. One of these "killer clowns" was discovered to be a 12-year-old boy, who said he was going to kill students at Pasco County schools and was subsequently arrested.

On October 15, two men, ages 18 and 20, were involved in two incidents in Melbourne where they dressed as clowns and chased people while carrying an ax and a baseball bat. They were also involved with a third incident on October 20. In one of the incidents, one of the clowns was reported to have jumped in front of a person and threaten to kill him or her. On October 27, they were arrested and one was charged with assault and the other was charged with principal in the first degree.

On October 23, a 26-year-old Mount Dora man was arrested for illegally possessing a rifle with a scratched out serial number. The man had a clown mask, and ran from Lake County deputies, which resulted in a physical altercation.

Some parents said they would be arming themselves on Halloween night to protect their children.

On Halloween night, a group of about 20 people in clown masks and masks from the movie The Purge, allegedly attacked two people who were checking their cars in Orange County. One man was stabbed and injured, and another was assaulted with a hockey stick.

Georgia
The LaGrange Police Department received reports of people dressed as clowns in a van luring children on September 12. Two people were later arrested for falsely reporting a clown sighting, and four were arrested for making a "terroristic threat" involving clown costumes. Dublin Police Chief Tim Chatman stated that an individual involved in a car accident reported seeing a clown and swerved to avoid the clown, although no one saw a clown at the time of the incident.

Hawaii
On October 6, an Instagram post by a group of people dressed as clowns threatened violence to Wai'anae Intermediate, a school in Wai'anae. The U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii was also involved.

Idaho
In early October, reports of people dressed as clowns walking around school campuses and around streets, some armed with metal weapons, were made in eastern Idaho, including Blackfoot.

Illinois
On October 4, multiple students at Greenwood Elementary School reported that three people dressed as clowns, one with a briefcase, one with a handgun, and one with a knife, stood on the edge of the school's property and threatened the students. The people dressed as clowns reportedly made threats to the students, and fled in an SUV. The incident is being investigated by the Waukegan Police Department. A call to the Waukegan Police Department responded in a report that the children were found out to have made it up.

On October 5, a 20-year-old man in Altamont, Illinois was arrested for disorderly conduct allegedly wearing a clown mask and holding a chainsaw, scaring a woman and child.

Iowa
On October 11, an 18-year-old man with a clown mask was arrested for allegedly chasing two people with a metal baseball bat in Urbandale.

Kansas
On September 27, 2016, a person dressed as a clown was spotted creeping in the bushes near the intersection of 85th Street and Parallel Parkway in Kansas City, Kansas.

On October 1, 2016, in Topeka, a clown was spotted near the intersection of Southeast 37th Street and Southeast Adams Street. Again in Topeka, a few days later on the morning of October 4, 2016, children waiting at a bus stop in the 2400 block of Southeast Colonial Drive witnessed a clown with a knife chasing a 13-year-old girl; however, by the time police arrived, the clown disappeared and was not seen again.

During the day of October 4, in nearby Lawrence several people reported seeing clowns lurking around the University of Kansas campus, with many witnesses posting photos to social media. The clown sightings caused one sorority to go into lockdown. People dressed as clowns were also spotted in Lawrence near Free State High School, however upon investigation, those clowns were found to be harmless and were merely waving at passing cars.
Reports of clowns have also been made in the Kansas cities of Chanute, Pittsburg, and Parsons; however the Parsons report was later revealed to be a hoax.

Kentucky
On September 23, 20-year-old Jonathan Martin was arrested for wearing a hood or mask in a public place, disorderly conduct and two outstanding warrants for non-payment of fines and failure to appear in court. Martin was found in a full clown costume, lurking in wooded area near a Kentucky apartment block.

On October 1, a woman reported that while she was walking on a trail at night, a clown came out of the woods, assaulted her and attempted to drag her into the woods. Officials reported that the woman was able to fight the clown off and escape, while also stating that this is the first clown sighting in Clark County.

On the same day, a man in Bardstown mistook a woman wearing a white afghan out walking her dog for a clown and fired a warning shot with an AR-15 to scare her.

Throughout the month of September police received multiple reports of "creepy clown" in both Bowling Green and Glasgow.

In late September in Louisville there were multiple reports to police stating that 5 to 6 people wearing clown costumes were sighted cruising around the downtown area at night in a white van.

Louisiana
On October 15, a 21-year-old man was arrested after an incident in Rosepine of him wearing a clown mask and brandishing a gun at drivers, while he was driving his car.

Maine
On October 4, a person dressed as a clown was reported to have stood in an Orono neighborhood for approximately 15 minutes. There have also been sightings in Standish, Bangor, Kennebunk, Gorham Porter, Portland, Saco, Waterboro and Wells.

Maryland
In October, clown-themed accounts through different social media outlets began sending out threats to shoot PGCPS county schools. Additionally, four students from Rosa Parks Middle School were arrested for making similar threats to two other middle schools in MCPS.

Massachusetts
On October 3, Monday night, students at Merrimack College were briefly told to shelter in place and a residence hall was evacuated after someone reported an armed clown on campus. Police at Emmanuel College received an “inundation of calls” of sightings on campus shortly after midnight Tuesday. A similar incident was reported at UMass Amherst the same Monday night, as well as additional reports in Lowell and other various localities.

Michigan
At 2:11 AM, on September 22, a person dressed as a clown was reported to police by a Vermontville man. The clown was seen walking on M-79 highway in Nashville.
At 6:30 am on October 4 Middle School Students waiting at a bus stop in Allegan County, MI saw a clown emerge from a woods, run towards some other students, then disappear into the woods.
At 3 am in the early morning of October 2, 2016, 17-year-old Chris Henckel spotted a clown standing at a car wash in Clinton Township, a suburb of Detroit, while driving through the area with friends. While Henckel was not approached or harmed by the clown, he says that it attempted to follow his car. Henckel posted a video of the encounter on Twitter, where it went viral. Clinton Township police declined to investigate the incident, as Henckel was unharmed and they have not received any reports or complaints of strange clowns in the area. Henckel said he drove by the carwash multiple times afterwards in an attempt to find the clown again, but it has not reappeared.

Two days later, on October 4, 2016, two attacks were reported in Sterling Heights, another Detroit suburb in close vicinity to Clinton Township. In the first incident, a 7-year-old boy was approached outside of his home at 6:50 pm by a person of an unspecified gender with "red hair, a red nose and red facial features" wielding a sharp object; the clown scratched the boy's arm with the object then fled, the boy only suffering a minor injury. Later that night at 8:30 pm, two women walking reported being approached by three adult males in clown masks, one of which was wielding a baseball bat, who screamed obscenities, hit the bat against an adjacent fence and then ran away. Sterling Heights police are investigating both incidents and are seeking help from the public. On the same day, the police department of the Detroit suburb of Troy, which borders Sterling Heights, issued a notice that any clowns spotted trespassing at schools or on any private property will be automatically arrested and detained. The notice came after reports of clowns being spotted at area schools during classroom hours, as well as clown-related threats being made to area schools on Twitter. They also stated concern for the safety of the clowns, who they fear could be harmed by frightened civilians who may attempt to defend themselves.

Also on October 6, two 14-year-old girls were terrorized by two teenage women dressed as clowns, who jumped out of a car and chased them. In a press release after their arrest, the Roseville police chief referred to them as "morons" and "idiots".

On October 7, a 17-year old student in Kalamazoo created a fake clown Facebook profile and threatened to shoot both Loy Norrix and Kalamazoo Central high schools. He was later arrested and tried as an adult.

Mississippi
On September 21, in Tchula, Police Chief  reported seeing a clown wearing a multi-colored wig, overalls, and a mask carrying what appeared to be a machete. Upon seeing the police car, the clown fled. His or her whereabouts remain unknown.

Missouri
One driver reported seeing a person dressed as a clown lurking around by Republic High School during the night in Republic, Missouri.

People dressed as clowns have also been sighted in Platte City, Joplin and Neosho, Missouri. Clown related threats were also made in Blue Springs, Missouri. Clown sightings have also been reported in Clinton, Versailles and University of Missouri campus.

Montana
On October 12, a 15-year-old boy was cited for disorderly conduct for an alleged October 5 threat posted on Facebook. The threat was about a clown killing students at Missoula schools.

Nebraska
In early October, people dressed as clowns were spotted in Lincoln and Grand Island. On October 5, four teenage clowns were arrested for terroristic threats in Grand Island. One was in possession of a BB gun.

Nevada
In Sparks, three men were chased by a suspicious man, dressed like a clown wielding a machete near the Shadow Mountain Sports Complex. But then turned out to be fake and set up by the same three men who supposedly saw the clown.

New Hampshire
In Durham, New Hampshire, UNH College Students (University of New Hampshire) reported to the police that a person dressed as a creepy clown was roaming the campus. Police followed up the report claiming that the clown was found with no weapons except a megaphone. It is unknown why the clown had a megaphone.

New Jersey
On Monday, October 4, at around 10pm, a male in a clown mask carrying a plastic machete scared a woman at a Quick Chek convenience store in Parsippany. A second eyewitness also was scared by the same individual who then ran away through a hole in the fence at the rear of the building. Police officials were unable to locate the suspect initially, however they later identified the individual as a juvenile. Police officials stated that this was a misguided prank and was ultimately harmless.

In Phillipsburg, New Jersey, a boy claimed to have been chased by a clown with a sword. The boy says that he heard the clown say "I'm gonna get cha".

People dressed as clowns were also spotted in Bound Brook, Hunterdon, Monroe, North Plainfield, Trenton, and Spotswood.
A middle school student from Cinnaminson was detained for harassing students in a clown costume.

New Mexico
In the first week of October, police in Hobbs received multiple reports of clown sightings. No arrests have yet been made.
In the second week of October, there were reports of clowns armed with baseball bats walking around Roswell.

On October 9, three juveniles with clown masks were arrested outside a children's clothing store in Albuquerque. They were found in possession of a firearm.

New York
On September 28 and 29, sightings were reported in Brentwood and North Babylon on Long Island. The North Babylon School District went on "lockout" the following day, and the Lindenhurst School District employed precautions. A "lockout" means that nobody is allowed to enter or leave during class hours. A Twitter account called "Suffolk Clowns" (@LIClowns) emerged, making (possibly joking) threats to numerous school districts and posting pictures of clowns. However, the account has since been suspended.

On October 5, a man in clown clothing intimidated a 16-year-old boy with a knife on a Manhattan subway and tried to block him from walking through the doorway as the subway was about to enter the 96th Street station. The boy ran out of the station, and the man fled. On October 13, a 53-year-old man was arrested and charged with menacing.
On October 8, a clown was sighted on the campus of SUNY Rockland.
On October 9, a clown was seen trying to lure people into the woods in Sloatsburg.
On October 10, a clown chased down a girl who was walking her dog at Harriman State Park.

After a sighting at St. Bonaventure University, school officials issued a statement on October 5 requesting that students not take matters into their own hands when confronting potentially dangerous situations. Reports say that students had created a sign-up sheet for an "Anti-Clown Army" and students were later seen roaming the campus armed with baseball bats.

North Carolina
On September 4, children in a Winston-Salem neighborhood reported to the police about a person dressed as a clown trying to lure them into some woods. They described him as wearing white overalls and gloves, red shoes, and bushy, red hair. His face was described as white with a red nose. They claim that he offered them treats if they would go with him. According to police, an adult heard, but did not see, the clown.

On September 7, a witness reported seeing a person wearing a scary clown mask, red curly wig, yellow dotted shirt, blue clown pants and clown shoes exited the woods by an apartment complex around 10 a.m. in Greensboro, although the clown disappeared after another witness attempted to chase down the clown with a machete.

North Dakota
On October 10, police in Rolla received reports of a person dressed as a clown armed with a machete.

Ohio
On September 27, at about 2 am, a woman called Lancaster police and reported that she had seen a clown with a large kitchen knife in its hand. Witnesses at the location told police that they had seen two clowns, one wearing a gold suit with balloon and the other wearing all black. Police failed to find them.

On September 29, a woman was attacked while on her porch while she was smoking. She claimed that a man dressed as a clown grabbed her throat and said "I should just kill you now..." The victim also stated that he said that "some students and teachers would wish they were never born at the junior and senior high school today." That prompted Reading school superintendent Chuck LaFata to cancel Friday classes in the area, prompting local private school Mount Notre Dame to close as well.
Also, a junior high student was arrested after making a clown-related threat using the Internet.

On Sunday, October 2, a total of seven people were arrested in Cincinnati over clown-related threats. These students were charged with inciting panic for allegedly suggesting a "Clown Clan" descend on their schools.
On October 4, a Speedway gas station in Dayton was robbed by three individuals, one wearing a surgical mask, one a Guy Fawkes mask and one a clown mask.

In response to the various incidents, the sheriff of Darke County, Toby Spencer, posted a challenge to those who might consider pulling a clown prank, that "...as of today we have issued 6,125 (concealed carry) permits in Darke County alone. You might also ask yourself how your luck will be today."

It was thought that clowns would visit a school in Lowellville which prompted a police investigation.

Oklahoma
There have been sightings in Oklahoma City, Moore, McAlester, Tulsa, and Chickasha, as well as Miami.

During the evening of October 7, 2016, several residents of a Moore, Oklahoma neighborhood confronted two individuals clad in clown clothing, warning them of the serious consequences they could face if they persisted in their activities. The two individuals had apparently been loitering at a neighborhood playground, lurking around suspiciously and scaring children. During the confrontation one clown fled, but the other clown stayed for the duration of the lecture, eventually coming to see the truth in what the residents were saying – and removing his clown costume.

On October 16, 2016 just outside the city limits of Pryor, Oklahoma a female motorist was reportedly attacked by two clowns after being flagged down by a woman posing as a motorist in need of assistance. She said the clowns forcibly dragged the motorist from her vehicle, choked her, extinguished a cigarette on her face, and wrote the words "clown posse" on her forehead. She later confessed to having made up the story and said she was responsible for her injuries.

Oregon
A woman reported on September 30 that a clown tried to break into her car near the O'Bryant Square in Portland.
A man was arrested in Central Point on October 5 after posting pictures of himself dressed as a clown and trespassing at various local high schools. He was booked into the Jackson County Jail and faces charges of disorderly conduct and second-degree trespassing.

On October 6, a 55-year-old man in a clown mask was arrested for menacing at Floyd Light Middle School in Portland. An assistant principal confronted the man, who then allegedly threatened to hurt him. The suspect is facing charges of menacing and disorderly conduct. There has been at least eight "scary clown" sightings, and police responding in some cases, in Douglas County since October 1, 2016.

Pennsylvania
On September 18, 2016, in State College, a person dressed as a clown was seen acting strangely at the parking lot of a YMCA early in the morning. In late September, reports stated that an individual dressed as an angry clown was seen with a knife around the wooded areas behind Kistler Elementary School. Rumors of a clown threatening the Cumberland Valley school district have also been reported. York College students have reported numerous sightings on and off the campus. Both the Erie Police Department and the Pennsylvania State Police confirmed that in the city of Erie, there has been multiple clown sightings during the month of September.

On September 25, 2016, 16-year-old Christian Torres was found stabbed to death on the front porch following a scuffle during a party in Reading when a man wearing a clown mask showed up at the party. The assailant, 29-year-old Avery Valentin-Bair was later arrested & charged with first degree murder.

In October, a clown was arrested after threatening kids on their way to school in Whitehall, Allegheny County. On October 3, 2016, the Pennsylvania State Police issued a "Community Awareness Bulletin" which specifically addressed the reports that have been appearing in news and social media around the country. The general tone of the bulletin was cautionary, yet at the same time it reinforced the notion that many of the threats specific to clowns attacking schools had "not been validated". The bulletin also recalls the 1980s clown sightings in various US cities, as well as providing a phone number, email address and information about a smartphone app that citizens can use to report suspicious behavior to authorities.
That same day the Bucks County Courier Times interviewed Joyce Meder, also known as "Bubbles the Clown" regarding the "creepy clown" phenomenon. Meder is an Abington, PA-based professional clown who provides entertainment for children. Describing herself as a "happy" and "fun" clown, Meder expressed disappointment over the recent clown scare, citing her newfound fears of possible run-ins with law enforcement when she is in public dressed as a clown. Meder goes on to say in the interview that she plans to turn to her colleagues in the professional clown community to "find out how they are being affected and what they're doing about this epidemic".

After an alleged sighting at University Park, on October 3, Penn State students gathered together for a "clown hunt". Reports say that the number of students attended this hunt ranged from 500 to 1,000. Following the riot/hunt, the police stated that they did not believe that there were any actual clown sightings, but also stated that there was no property damage, no injury and no violence.

Puerto Rico
At least ten cases of sightings were reported in Puerto Rico, including a clown being reported lurking around a Guaynabo home.

On October 12, in Rio Piedras, a trio of clowns robbed a couple on a street. In the following week, a man reported in Rio Piedras that he was robbed at gunpoint by a clown and had his phone and cash stolen.

Rhode Island
On October 4, 2016, the Providence Journal reported that social media threats were made against Tolman High School and Goff Junior High in Pawtucket that prompted rumors of clown sightings. There was also reports of a clown with a machete chasing people out of Slater Park on three separate occasion and that a clown was seen hanging around schools in the same city. A teenage boy was arrested soon after for making threats against schools on social media involving clown masks.
In Coventry, elementary school students had to spend their recess indoors after a social media post stated that a clown was going to appear at Hopkins Hill School.

An overweight clown was spotted in Roger Williams Park.

South Carolina
Although sightings were initially reported in South Carolina in mid-August, the phenomenon began to spread north from late August through the end of September.

On August 21, 2016, there was an alleged clown sighting in Greenville at the Fleetwood Manor Apartment complex. Children in the complex reportedly witnessed clowns or a group of clowns attempting to whisper or talk to the children. The children told their parents that the clowns, equipped with "flashing green laser lights", said they lived in an abandoned house in the woods near a small lake. Greenville police came to the complex to investigate, and did find a trail in the woods leading to a house and a small lake, but no evidence of clowns or clown paraphernalia was found.
While some of these reports have been harmless, others reports have been more suspicious. In one instance, a woman reported a person in a clown costume was standing in her backyard and ran away as she took a picture. In one case, an individual had heard clanging chains and a banging noise at his front door. While other cases report a clown offering money or candy to children to follow the clown into the woods.

South Dakota
On October 4, a 19-year-old man in a clown costume was arrested on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings for disorderly conduct. He was allegedly scaring students.

Tennessee
On September 19, in Summitville, a 15-year-old boy was cut with a knife by a man in a clown mask.

On September 28, at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, there were reportedly clown sightings on campus.

Texas
On September 30, 2016 clown-themed threats were made against the high school in Temple.

On October 3, 2016, a person dressed as a clown attacked a person at a housing complex at Texas State University. The victim said the alleged clown tried to grab her before she could pull away. The suspect then left in an unknown direction, according to University police.

On October 5, 2016, the Tuloso-Midway Independent School District, which has about 4,000 students in its five schools, ordered a lockdown about 9 a.m. Wednesday after a bus driver and a monitor on the bus said they saw a clown sitting inside a vehicle near one of the schools, superintendent Sue Nelson said.

On the morning of October 6, residents reported that a clown was knocking on doors of homes in a Manor neighborhood. An 18-year-old man was arrested, and police found a clown mask that belonged to the suspect.

Houston Independent School District schools were placed on lockdown following clown-related threats posted on social media.
On October 11, a Gainesville home was broken into by three clown-masked teenagers, and the homeowner was shot in the face and arm with a BB gun. A 13-year-old male and two 14-year-old males were arrested.

Utah
On October 3, 2016, in St. George, Utah, a woman reported to police that while she was walking, someone dressed as a clown had exited a vehicle and chased her, though in follow-up interviews she clarified that the individual had merely stared at her without saying or doing anything to her.

Also on October 3, 2016, near midnight in Provo, Utah, a woman reported to police that someone dressed as a clown ran across her suburban yard.

Vermont
On October 5, in Williston, a 15-year-old boy was arrested after being accused of wearing a clown mask and banging the classroom windows of Jean Garvin Youth and Family Services School. He faced charges of disorderly conduct and inducing panic.

Virginia
On September 25, 2016, the Augusta County Sheriff's Office was notified about sightings in the 100 block of River Bend Road in Fort Defiance. The call came from a resident who was fishing in the area with his two boys. According to the resident, he was approached by people fleeing the area after spotting several clowns in the nearby woods. As of October 27, 2016, no arrests have been made in this case.

On October 6, 2016, a clown was reported on the campus of James Madison University. Students armed with pepper spray and baseball bats formed posses to hunt the clown down, although the sighting was later revealed to be a hoax.

Virginia law prohibits anyone over 16 from wearing a mask to conceal one's identity.

Washington
On October 3, several students at Rogers High School in Puyallup received text messages of a person dressed as a clown threatening to kill students at the school. A person reported that a person dressed as a clown was seen wielding a knife near the school campus on the following morning. On October 4, the school was put on lock down and police found two clown masks in the woods adjacent to the school. Two other Pierce County schools Emerald Ridge High School and Glacier View Junior High were closed down on October 4 due to threats. The case is being investigated by both the Pierce County Sheriff's Office and the FBI.

Washington, D.C.
In early October, a 14-year-old girl was arrested for phoning a clown-related threat to McKinley Middle School.

West Virginia
In early October, in Fairmont, a 34-year-old man was arrested on a charge of assault after an incident was reported in which a man was wearing a clown mask, carrying a baseball bat, and chased four children, ages 6 to 11.

Wisconsin
On August 1, 2016 Wisconsin residents reported seeing Gags the Green Bay Clown. There were pictures being shared around social media, which led to copycats around the country and world. There has been speculation that this clown is related to an independent horror film due to premiere around Halloween.

On October 7, 2016, a Menasha couple dressed up as clowns were arrested for child negligence for leaving their 4-year-old child alone at home while they were outside scaring people.

Wyoming
In early October, creepy clowns were reported by citizens to be walking around mazes and taking selfies in Natrona County.

Internet
In one example, threats of violence and the same image of a clown referred to a minimum of 24 schools in Arizona Valley's Phoenix Union and Glendale school districts.

On Monday, September 26, around 1,500 of Marydale High School's students (nearly half of all students) did not attend after the first threats appeared on the Internet.

On October 1, schools in Hamburg, Pennsylvania were locked down because of a clown threat on Facebook and Twitter by a group with the name "Aint Clownin Around." The message read "We will be at all High schools this friday to either  students or kill teachers going to their cars ...#WeNotClowninAround."

In Philadelphia, threats against students and schools have been posted at social media sites, prompting the FBI and a terrorism task force to help police investigate. The exact nature of these threats has not been made public.

Such threats on social media have also affected two grade schools in Alabama, Auburn University, Fairborn High School, Columbus, Ohio, some Las Vegas area schools, and many more around the country.

Critical analysis
Explanations include that some clown sightings were promotional stunts for Rob Zombie's 31 or Andrés Muschietti's 2017 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel It, both of which feature one or more characters dressed as clowns.

Author and folklorist Benjamin Radford, who wrote the non-fiction book Bad Clowns, said that the craze could be an example of the "snowball effect", where rumor and legitimate concerns mix with the human penchant for a good story.

The Verge dismissed the sightings as a case of mass hysteria, stating that a fear of clowns (which is common in children and adults) may be an underlying cause. Vox likewise claimed that "The Great Clown Panic of 2016 has been perpetuated by pretty much everyone except actual clowns."


Vischer

Vischer is a surname, and my refer to:

 Vischer family of Nuremberg, a family of sculptors active in Nuremberg between 1453 and 1549
Hermann Vischer, the Elder (died 1487)
Peter Vischer the Elder (1455–1529)
Hermann Vischer, the Younger (1486–1517)
Peter Vischer the Younger (1487–1528)
Hans Vischer (1486-1546)
 Blanca Vischer (1915–1969), Guatemalan film actress
 Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807–1887), a German novelist and philosopher
 Phil Vischer (born 1966), director and co-creator of VeggieTales
 Wilhelm Vischer (1895–1988), a Swiss pastor and theologian
 Wilhelm Vischer (botanist) (1890–1960), a Swiss botanist


Devon Bridge (Alberta)

Devon Bridge is a bridge that carries the Devonian Way (Highway 60) over the North Saskatchewan River in Devon, Alberta, Canada. The current bridge was built in 1987 to replace an earlier bridge that was started in 1950 and completed in 1951.

Before 1948, passengers could cross the river in this location in a bucket or cage that was pulled across the river by a system of cables and pulleys. During the winter, cars could cross the river on an ice bridge that was created by pumping water onto the surface of the river to create a safe driving surface. A ferry operated during ice-free periods from October 1948 until the completion of the first Devon Bridge in the spring of 1951.


Sarah Michelson

Sarah Michelson (born 1964) is a British choreographer and dancer who lives and works in New York City, New York. Her work is characterized by demanding physicality and repetition, rigorous formal structures, and inventive lighting and sound design. She was one of two choreographers whose work was included in the 2012 Whitney Biennial, the first time dance was presented as part of the bi-annual exhibition. Her work has also been staged at The Walker Art Center, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, The Kitchen, and the White Oak Dance Project. She received New York Dance and Performance awards (known as "The Bessie Awards") for Group Experience (2002), Shadowmann Parts One and Two (2003), and Dogs (2008). She has served as associate director of The Center for Movement Research and associate curator of dance at The Kitchen. Currently choreographer in residence at Bard's Fisher Center, she is the recipient of their four-year fellowship to develop a commissioned work with Bard students and professional dancers.

Early life and education
Michelson was born in Manchester, United Kingdom, and trained in dance at the Trinity Laban Centre in London and the Merce Cunningham Studio in New York City. She earned a B.A. in Literature from London University, Goldsmiths College, in 1984 and an MFA in Fiction Writing from Mills College  in 1990.

Work
Known for highly technical and demanding choreography that draws from influences as wide-ranging as classical ballet, Merce Cunningham, and Judson Dance Theater, Michelson's work has been staged in and commissioned by both traditional dance venues and contemporary arts institutions and museums.

Writing about Michelson's work in 2002, dance critic Gia Kourlas noted, "She neither allows her dancers to hide their sweat and struggle (in her view, it seems, dancing should never look easy), nor does she permit them to improvise. Even though her movement may appear haphazard, everything is planned, right down to the direction of the eyes."

Recognition and awards
Michelson was selected from the group of 2012 Whitney Biennial artists to receive the exhibition's Bucksbaum Award for her piece Devotion Study #1—The American Dancer. Bucksbaum awardees mount a subsequent solo exhibition at the museum; Michelson's work, 4, was presented there in 2014. She has also received a Rockefeller MAP Fund Grant and a New York Foundation for the Arts grant in 2004, Jerome Foundation grants in 2005 and 2006, a Herb Alpert Award in the Arts and a Creative Capital Award in 2006, a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award in 2008, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2009, and the Doris Duke Artist Award in 2012.

Works
 tournamento, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (2015)
 4,  The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (2014)
 Devotion Study #3—Untitled, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (2012)
 Not a Lecture/Performance,  Crossing the Line Festival, FIAF, New York, NY (2012)
 Devotion Study #1—The American Dancer,  The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (2012)
 Devotion,  The Kitchen, New York, NY; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA; and On The Boards, Seattle, WA (2011)
 Dover Beach, Chapter Arts, Cardiff, Wales, UK (2008), and The Kitchen, New York, NY (2009)
 DOGS,  Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival, New York, NY (2006), and Tanz im August, The Hebbel Theater, Berlin, Germany (2007)
 Swan Lake, Transitions Dance Company (Commissioner), Laban Centre, London (2006)
 Daylight (for Minneapolis), Walker Art Center, (Commissioner) Minneapolis, MN (2005)
 Daylight, Performance Space 122 (Co-commissioner), NY, and On the Boards, Seattle, WA (2005)
 Love is Everything, Lyon Opera Ballet (Commissioner), Lyon, France (2005)
 Shadowmann, The Kitchen (Part 1) and Performance Space 122 (Part 2), New York; Tanz im August, Berlin, Germany; Zurich Theatre Spektakel Festival; the Venice Biennale; SommerSzene, Salzburg, Austria; The Cutting Edge Festival, Frankfurt, Germany (2003–04)
 The Apartment, 857 5th Avenue, NY (2003)
 Grivdon at the Grivdon Lawn, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Becket, MA (2002)
 The Experts, White Oak Dance Project, New York, NY  (2002)
 Grivdon at the Grivdon Concrete, The Kitchen, New York, NY  (2002)
 Group Experience, Performance Space 122, New York, NY  (2001)
 I'm in Fawn, The Kitchen, New York, NY (2001)
 Aut Norm, Performance Space 122, New York, NY (2000)
 Blister Me, Dixon Place, New York, NY (2000)
 Miami 3XLA, The Kitchen, New York, NY (1999)


2019 Volta a Portugal

The 2019 Volta a Portugal was the 81st edition of the Volta a Portugal cycle race and was held on 31 July to 12 August 2019. The race started in Viseu and finished in Porto.

Teams
The 18 teams participating in the race are:

Stages

Classification leadership
There arefour main individual classifications being contested in the 2019 Volta a Portugal, as well a team, combination and national rider competition. The most important is the general classification, which is calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. The rider with the lowest cumulative time is the winner of the general classification and was considered to be the overall winner of the Tour. The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey sponsored by Santander.

Second, there is a points classification, which awards a green jersey sponsored by Rubis Gás. In the points classification, cyclists receive points for finishing inside the top 10 in a stage apart from the prologue. Depending on the type of finish, different points are distributed among the top 10. In addition, riders receive points for finishing in the top three at intermediate sprints during each stage – awarded on a 5–3–1 scale.

There is also a mountains classification, the leadership of which is marked by a blue jersey sponsored by Liberty Seguros. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification are won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb is categorised as either category S, 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.

The fourth jersey represents the young rider classification, marked by an white jersey sponsored by Jogos Santa Casa. This is decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born on or after 1 January 1996 are eligible to be ranked in the classification.

There were also awards for the team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage are added together; the leading team at the end of the race is the team with the lowest total time. The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie. The riders in the team that led this classification were identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys.

The next individual award was the combination (Kombinado) classification. A rider's ranking in the combination classification was determined by tallying up his positions in the general, points and mountains classifications. If no rider was classified in all three classifications, riders classified in two would have been considered, and if that was tied the general classification will decide the winner. This classification was sponsored by Kia.

The seven and final award represents the classification for Portuguese riders and was sponsored by Jogos Santa Casa. This is decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born in Portugal are eligible to be ranked in the classification. Like the combination award this is only presented on the podium and is not worn in race.

A total of €128,790 was awarded in cash prizes in the race. The overall winner of the general classification received €16,045, with the second and third placed riders getting €8,115 and €3,985 respectively. All finishers in the top 20 were awarded with money. The final winners of the points, mountains, young rider, combination and best Portuguese rider classifications were given €1,500. The team classification winners were awarded a trophy. €3,060 was given to the winners of each stage of the race, apart from the prologue where the winner was given €1,490, with smaller amounts given to places 2–20.


Lyceum–The Circle Historic District

The Lyceum–The Circle Historic District is a historic district within the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Mississippi. It includes eight buildings and several monuments lining University Circle, and surrounds "The Circle" on the campus. The university was established as the flagship public institution of the state, and generations of leading families' sons and daughters have studied here.

The district is also significant for its association with the Civil Rights Movement during the Ole Miss riot of 1962 and the increasing role the Federal government took to preserve constitutional rights of minorities. Ole Miss was integrated by the enrollment of James H. Meredith, an African-American military veteran, on October 1, 1962. In Mississippi in the fall of 1962, there was both official and informal, violent resistance to court-ordered desegregation of the university.  The violence required intervention by the Federal government to protect the safety of citizens.

Meredith's admission was followed by riots on the campus, by both white students and outside segregationists who gathered there from around the state. The disturbances took place following court decisions for integration of public educational institutions, during the Civil Rights Movement. This historic district was designated as a U.S. National Historic Landmark on October 7, 2008. (This may not have been announced publicly until October 14.)

Elements of the district
Located at the center of the University of Mississippi campus, the district contains eight academic buildings arranged on University Circle, which encompasses an interior common area dubbed "The Circle," a historic site in the district. The eight buildings include the Lyceum Building, Brevard Hall, the Croft Institute for International Studies (known as the "Y" Building at the time of desegregation and earlier as the "Old Chapel"), and Carrier, Shoemaker, Ventress, Bryant, and Peabody dormitory halls. The district also includes the flagpole in the center of The Circle, the Confederate Monument in The Circle, and University Circle.

Lyceum Building

In the university's early days, the Lyceum Building was the only academic structure, housing a lecture hall, several classrooms, the faculty offices, a geological museum, and the library. The Lyceum is now used for the university's administration offices. Its columned facade is represented on the official crest of the university, along with the date of establishment. Built in 1848 to the designs of architect William Nichols, the building is the oldest on campus and concurrent with its founding.

The Circle

The Circle is surrounded by University Circle, a road designed for one-way traffic. The area contains oak and magnolia trees, beds of pansies, and expanses of grass. A metal flagpole stands at the center of the green, serving as a hub for the sidewalk paths through the area. Since the mid-nineteenth century, The Circle has been the focal point and historic core of the Ole Miss campus.

Flagpole

The flagpole has stood in the center of The Circle since 1962. Its brick base was constructed in 2000. During the famous desegregation riots, a former Ole Miss football player climbed the pole in an effort to attract rioters' attention and convince them to go home.

Confederate Monument

Occupying the same position in The Circle since 1906, the Confederate Monument contains a sub-column fashioned in the likeness of a castle, inscribed with the following: "To Our Confederate Dead, 1861-1865, Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter 379 U.D.C." (United Daughters of the Confederacy) and a Confederate soldier looking into the distance and holding a rifle at his side.  It is often jokingly referred to by the Ole Miss and Oxford communities as the "second place trophy."

University Circle

University Circle is a  wide roundabout with outlets between the "Y" Building and Bryant Hall, and on either side of the Lyceum, providing access to other parts of the campus.

Brevard Hall

The Old Chemistry Building, now designated as Brevard Hall, was built in 1923. During the desegregation riots on September 30, 1962, students broke into the building and threw Molotov cocktail bombs from its windows at federal and civilian vehicles parked around The Circle.

Carrier Hall

Carrier Hall was one of several buildings which students plundered for riot material in 1962. Branching off from the two-story main section is a rear section connected by two covered passageways. This section also contains two stories and is slightly inset and setback from the main section.

Shoemaker Hall

During the 1962 riots, four-story Shoemaker Hall was under construction. Students took up construction materials, including loose bricks, metal conduit pipes, and a bulldozer to attack federal officers. The dorm hall was the site of one of the two fatalities associated with the riots. Each of the men killed was shot execution style.

Ventress Hall

Two-story Ventress Hall, built in 1889, appears in a famous photo of James Meredith walking in the commencement procession on August 18, 1963.

"Y" Building

The Croft Institute for International Studies, known as the "Y" Building at the time of desegregation and earlier as the Old Chapel, in 1962 harbored many people escaping the tear gas and the general melee. Others crowded into the Y to watch United States President John F. Kennedy's televised speech regarding the desegregation of Ole Miss.

Bryant Hall

After housing the university's library from 1911 to 1952, Bryant Hall has been home to the Fine Arts Center and the departments of Philosophy, Religion, and Classics. During the riots, much of the pitched battle was fought in front of the hall.

Peabody Hall

During the riot, Peabody Hall offered people a safe harbor from tear gas. While trapped in the building, faculty member Russell Barrett documented the riot.


Amblyseius eharai

Amblyseius eharai is a species of mite in the family Phytoseiidae.


World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup

The World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup previously called the  IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup is an annual circuit of elite disabled alpine skiing competitions, regulated by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Held at ski areas across Europe, North America, and East Asia, the World Cup consists of timed races in five disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, super G, downhill, and super combined. Medals are awarded to the top three men's and women's finishers in each of the three disability categories: standing, sitting, and visually impaired. After each race, points are awarded to the top 30 skiers in each disability category who finish within a certain percentage of the winning time.  100 points are awarded to the winner, 80 for second place, 60 for third, and so on, down to one point for 30th place.  In each disability category, the male and female athlete with the most points at the end of the season wins the overall World Cup title and a large glass trophy, the crystal globe.  Smaller globes are also awarded for athletes with the highest point totals in each of the five disciplines.  Additionally, a Nations Cup trophy is awarded to the country that accumulates the highest point total.

The World Cup is held every year, and is considered one of the premier competitions in disabled ski racing, along with the Winter Paralympics (held every four years) and the World Championships (to be held every two years beginning in 2009).

Disabled ski racers who aspire one day to compete on the World Cup attempt to qualify on one of the Continental Cup circuits: the Europa Cup (or "European Cup") in Europe and the Nor-Am Cup in North America.

History
Although disabled ski competitions date to the mid-20th century and the first Winter Paralympics were held in 1976, the Disabled Alpine World Cup is relatively new.  An unofficial circuit began in the late 1990s, but the first FIS-sanctioned World Cup race was held in Breckenridge, Colorado, United States in December 1999, with the first World Cup titles awarded in the spring of 2000.  In 2004, the administration of the World Cup circuit, and disabled ski racing in general, passed from the FIS to the IPC, although the FIS is still involved in some aspects of the tour.  For example, a FIS technical delegate still oversees each race.

Winners

Men

Women

Nations Cup


Hatu-Builico Administrative Post

Hatu-Builico is an administrative post in the Ainaro District of East Timor. Its population at the 2004 census was 10,807.


Joanna Wołoszyk

Joanna Wołoszyk (née Kozłowska) born 19 January 1995.She is a Polish handball player for the Kastamonu Bld. GSK and the Polish national team. She participated at the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship, 2017 World Women's Handball Championship  and 2018 European Women's Handball Championship. In season 2017/2018 she played in the Women's EHF Champions League and Women's EHF Cup where she scored 33 goals in 11 matches. The next season was player in Pogon Szczecin. She has come to final EHF Challenge Cup where her team Pogon lost with Rocasa Gran Canaria.

Statistics

Honours
Polish League:
Winner: 2017
Silver Medalist: 2015
Bronze Medalist: 2014, 2016

Challenge Cup:

Silver Medalist: 2019

Polish Cup:
Winner: 2014, 2015, 2016

Super Cup of Turkish:

Winner: 2019

Carpathian Trophy:
Winner: 2017


Sho?

Sho? was a short-lived Dubai-based band, whose music could best be classified as a mixture of rock, alternative, punk and electronica. Made up of expatriates, they were active in the Dubai rock music scene for about eighteen months. They released one internet-only single, entitled Crash (April 2010) and one EP, entitled I Don't Wanna Go (August 2010). Their name was a version of the Arabic word, "Sho", which roughly translates into English as, "What." The band officially announced their dissolution in January 2011.

Biography
Sho? was formed in June 2009 by Zara Quiroga and Rizal Khan, who met via an online music forum. Eric Quay Evano (who later joined Borrison Ivy, then Moonshine), Fabrizio 'Fab' Benefazio, Justin Blincoe (who went on to join Colorado-based band Left Foot Green), Karim El Gamal and Branislav 'Bane' Trkulja also served brief stints in the band.

Principle band members

Zara Quiroga
Zara Quiroga was the lead vocalist and only female member of the band. Of Portuguese and Spanish descent, she undertook several years of vocal training prior to performing with Sho?. She had also previously appeared as a vocalist on the 2006 album release Project Creation – Dawn On Pyther by Portuguese multi-instrumentalist Hugo Flores.

Rizal Khan
Khan, born in Malaysia, was the lead guitarist in Sho?. Prior to joining Sho?, Khan performed with the Malaysian bands Dust Components (1995–1997), Burial Ground (1997–1999) and Morphed Assembly (2000).

Musical performances
Sho? performed regularly at various rock music events in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, such as Metal Asylum, Black Sheep, Rock Nation and Yasalam Beats on the Beach.

Diesel U-Music Tour
In 2009 Sho? won the Road to Sound City competition, which was judged by Gary Dourdan and Kim Thompson alongside representatives from Diesel, Sennheiser and EMI Arabia. This allowed Sho? to perform on the main stage for the Dubai Sound City festival and to be part of the Diesel U-Music World Tour, which took them to Vienna, Austria in November 2009.

Press coverage
Articles about Sho? appeared in various UAE newspapers and magazines, such as the Khaleej Times, The National, 7 Days, Gulf News and Rolling Stone Middle East. In February 2010 the band was shortlisted by Dubai's Time Out magazine in the "Best Local Band" category for 2010, and the band members attended the awards ceremony at the Atlantis Hotel. On 5 April 2010, Sho? were featured on the Dubai One TV show Twenty Something. The band broke up less than a year later.

Discography
Crash – Single (Download only, April 2010)
- This track also appeared on the compilation CD UAE Metal Asylum (July 2010)
I Don't Wanna Go – EP (Download and CD, August 2010)
- Contains four tracks: Sho?, Crash, P(h)ride and Winter
Acoustic Session (#1) – Recorded for Saturday Extra with John Deykin on Dubai Eye 103.8 (6 March 2010)
Acoustic Session (#2) – Recorded for Open Mic with Zahra Soar on Dubai Eye 103.8 (17 April 2010)


Carlota Ulloa

Carlota Ulloa (born 3 March 1944) is a Chilean hurdler. She competed in the women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Ulloa finished fourth in the 80 metres hurdles at the 1967 Pan American Games.


The Moral Sinner

The Moral Sinner is a lost 1924 American drama silent film directed by Sam Wood and written by Willis Goldbeck, Josephine Quirk and Rita Weiman. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, James Rennie, Alphonse Ethier, Frederick Lewis, Walter Percival and Paul McAllister. The film was released on May 19, 1924, by Paramount Pictures.

The film is a remake of an early 1913 Adolph Zukor produced film Leah Kleschna.

Plot

Cast
Dorothy Dalton as Leah Kleschna
James Rennie as Paul Sylvain
Alphonse Ethier as Anton Kleschna
Frederick Lewis as Schram
Walter Percival as Raoul Berton
Paul McAllister as Gen. Berton
Florence Fair as Claire Berton


Triyaningsih

Triyaningsih (born 15 May 1987) is an Indonesian long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 84th with a time of 2:41:15.

Competition record


Dumas House

Dumas House is a fourteen-storey office building constructed in Perth, Western Australia, during the 1960s. The building is located close to St Georges Terrace, Kings Park, and Parliament House.

Background
Dumas House was part of the 1955 plan to centralise all WA Government departments near Parliament House, based on the Stephenson-Hepburn Report. Several such plans had been proposed since the late 1920s, but post-World War II state finances and resources were unable to support the proposals. Public Works Department architects G. Finn, E. Van Mens and P. Maidment won a national competition to design the five office buildings that would house the departments. Dumas House was completed in 1965, and was the only building constructed on the site out of the five planned.

Originally called "Government Building", Dumas House was opened by Premier David Brand on 4 March 1966. Brand's speech at the opening focused on the building's importance to the state:
It is a big building, and I think a handsome one. But this is not the important point at today's ceremony. As I see it, this building is important not only because it provides essential office accommodation of a good standard essential for workers but because it is a symbol of a great era of progress for Western Australia. It is one of the signs of the beginning of a new age of development - aided by science, aided by an unprecedented inflow of capital funds, aided by great enthusiasm for the harnessing of our enormous resources and spurred on by the enterprise of thousands of people, partnerships, groups and companies from one end of the State to the other. I
believe history will look back on the 'sixties as one of the landmarks in the story of our State.

In 1968, the state government scrapped its plans for five office buildings on the site for two reasons: increased traffic caused by the first building was such that the traffic for five buildings would have been unbearable, and politicians believed that five buildings on such a prominent site would give the appearance of "dominance by the bureaucracy - a 'big brother' complex".

The building was named "Dumas House" in February 1978, in honour of Russell Dumas, who was the Director of Works and Buildings for the Public Works Department between 1941 and 1953.

Dumas House is an example of the post-war International Style of architecture, with a modular grid building plan, glazed panelling and an open piazza. The International style was adapted for Australian conditions by adding horizontal slabs that project from the sides of the building and provide shade. The building's construction, including fittings, cost $4,900,000.

The building is owned by the Department of Housing and Works of the Government of Western Australia.

In 1985, consideration was given to the presence of asbestos in the construction of the building. Extensive refurbishment of the building's interior was undertaken in 2012, and façade restoration works in 2015–2018.

The Perth weather radar used to be housed on its roof.


Hunzenschwil

Hunzenschwil is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

History
Under the Romans, the area that would become Hunzenschwil was an extensive brickyard.  The modern village of Hunzenschwil was first mentioned in 1101 as Hintziswil.  In 1201, it was mentioned as Hunzeliswilre.  In the 14th Century, the Habsburgs had the high court rights over the village, and in 1415 these rights went to Bern.  The low court right was held by various owners before 1412 when it went to the Habsburg appointed Vogt at Lenzburg.  In 1433, the low court rights went to Bern, and then in 1550 Hunzenschwil joined with Niederlenz, Rupperswil and Staufen to form an independent lower court.

Religiously, this area belongs to the parish of Suhr, but it has had its own church since 1960.

Although the municipality is on the road between Bern and Zurich and at the junction that goes toward Zurzach, in the past it was dominated by agriculture.  In the 18th and 19th Centuries some textile processing (linen, cotton, silk ribbons) businesses entered the village.  In 1877 a station of the Federal Railway was built. Until about 1940, there were a number of small businesses (including a wheelwright).  Since then most of the jobs have been in the automotive and furniture industries or in storage and shipping.  In 1950 the village began to expand rapidly.  In 1965 an access road to the highway opened.

Geography
Hunzenschwil has an area, , of .  Of this area,  or 34.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while  or 24.5% is forested.   Of the rest of the land,  or 41.1% is settled (buildings or roads),  or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 10.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 15.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 12.3%.  Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2.5% of the area  Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests.  Of the agricultural land, 22.7% is used for growing crops and 9.8% is pastures, while 1.5% is used for orchards or vine crops.  All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams.

The municipality is located in the Lenzburg district.  Until the 1940s Hunzenschwil was a linear village, though it has expanded along other roads since then.

Coat of arms
The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a Greyhound salient Or.

Demographics
Hunzenschwil has a population () of   , 23.0% of the population are foreign nationals.  Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 14.8%.  Most of the population () speaks German (86.3%), with Italian being second most common ( 5.6%) and Albanian being third ( 2.6%).

The age distribution, , in Hunzenschwil is; 282 children or 9.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 329 teenagers or 10.9% are between 10 and 19.  Of the adult population, 456 people or 15.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old.  456 people or 15.2% are between 30 and 39, 499 people or 16.6% are between 40 and 49, and 416 people or 13.8% are between 50 and 59.  The senior population distribution is 309 people or 10.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 156 people or 5.2% are between 70 and 79, there are 90 people or 3.0% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 15 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.

 the average number of residents per living room was 0.56 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.57 per room.  In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least  as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics.  About 55.6% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

, there were 112 homes with 1 or 2 persons in the household, 616 homes with 3 or 4 persons in the household, and 349 homes with 5 or more persons in the household.  , there were 1,105 private households (homes and apartments) in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household.   there were 501 single family homes (or 36.2% of the total) out of a total of 1,384 homes and apartments.  There were a total of 45 empty apartments for a 3.3% vacancy rate.  , the construction rate of new housing units was 19 new units per 1000 residents.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 50.8% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the SP (15.4%), the FDP (10.4%) and the CSP (5.9%).

The historical population is given in the following table:

Heritage sites of national significance
The Ziegelmatte / Zotzelacker, a Roman era brickyard is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Economy
, Hunzenschwil had an unemployment rate of 2.42%.  , there were 58 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 15 businesses involved in this sector.  482 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 39 businesses in this sector.  777 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 108 businesses in this sector.

 there were 1,455 workers who lived in the municipality.  Of these, 1,125 or about 77.3% of the residents worked outside Hunzenschwil while 937 people commuted into the municipality for work.  There were a total of 1,267 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality.  Of the working population, 9.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 57.2% used a private car.

Religion
From the , 659 or 25.6% were Roman Catholic, while 1,306 or 50.7% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.  Of the rest of the population, there were 2 individuals (or about 0.08% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.

Education
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated.  In Hunzenschwil about 68.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).  Of the school age population (), there are 186 students attending primary school, there are 101 students attending secondary school in the municipality.  Hunzenschwil is home to the Gemeindebibliothek Hunzenschwil (municipal library of Hunzenschwil).  The library has () 3,580 books or other media, and loaned out 4,156 items in the same year.  The library was open a total of 76 days with average of 3 hours per week during that year.


Nyari Welly

Nyari Welly (born 2 October 1945, Beyong village, Seppa Sub-Division, Kameng District, d. 21 October 1988) was an Indian politician. She was the first woman elected to the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Social activist
Welly did not have any formal education. Before joining politics she was a social activist. She served as president of the Women Welfare Centre, Seppa Branch between 1970 and 1974. In 1976 she worked as Lady Organiser of the Seppa branch of the Congress Sevadal.

1978 election
Welly was one of two female candidates in the fray in the 1978 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election (out of a total of 86 candidates). She stood as the People's Party of Arunachal candidate in the Seppa constituency. She finished in second place, with 1,649 votes (25.44% of the votes in the constituency).

1980 election
She again contested the Seppa seat in the 1980 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. She stood as a PPA candidate. She won the seat, obtaining 2,817 votes
(43.28%) and becoming the first elected female Member of the Legislative Assembly in the state. However, she wasn't the first woman to sit in the Assembly as Sibo Kai had been a nominated member of the 1978 Assembly. Welly defeated Modi Sengi from the Indian National Congress (Indira) and Goumseng Rino from the Indian National Congress (Urs). Welly's election victory was attributed to the influence of her husband, who was a powerful man in the area.

In the Assembly Welly confronted issues like child marriage, polygamy and bride price. When she brought a Bill to outlaw these practices, male members of the Assembly protested loudly.

1984 election
Welly retained the Seppa seat in the 1984 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. This time she stood as an Indian National Congress candidate. She obtained 3,419
votes (35.35%), narrowly defeating the independent candidate Mape Dada by a margin of 43 votes. In the 1984 election a second woman was elected to the Assembly, Kamoli Mossang from the Noadihing Nampong constituency.

Personal life
Welly belonged to the Nyishi. She was the mother of Atum Welly, who as of 2013 served as Health and Family Minister in the Arunachal Pradesh state government. Her main hobbies were gardening and knitting.


Signs Publishing Company

Signs Publishing Company is a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house in Warburton, Victoria, Australia.

History
Three Adventist preachers, Stephen Haskell, John Corliss and Mendel Israel, a printer, Henry Scott, and an experienced door-to-door literature salesperson, William Arnold, travelled from San Francisco to Sydney on June 6, 1885.

The Signs Publishing Company first began as the Echo Publishing Company, in North Fitzroy, a suburb of Melbourne. By 1889, the Echo Publishing Company employed 83 people and was the third largest Seventh-day Adventist publishing house in the world.

The management were committed to the printing and distribution of Seventh-day Adventist literature but were also commercially successful — so successful, in fact, that they soon became the unofficial government printers for Victoria. The church decided this was moving in the wrong direction, so decided on a move to Warburton in 1906, where the operation could return to its religious roots.

However the move deprived the company of the considerable income created by the outsourced work, thus funding for religious material was at a premium. Cheap hydro-electricity and abundant land for both factory premises and staff housing were the predominant reasons for the choice of location, and in fact the “Wonwondah” property that was bought had been owned by the husband of a local Adventist. The Signs Publishing Company was formed and remained on the original premises until 1934, when the Yarra River flooded the valley and ruined a large part of the machinery and building.

A new, brick factory was built on higher ground in 1935 for £23,000. Over the years the building has gone through a number of extensions, the last major extension in 1979 cost $625,000 — adding . The Signs building along with the Sanitarium building next door are now heritage listed. The Signs Publishing Company currently employs around 50 staff in a variety of print/publishing/import-export positions.

In July 2006, Signs was amalgamated with the Adventist Media Centre and South Pacific Division into a single body. From 2010, Signs and Record magazines will be published from the church's headquarters in Wahroonga, New South Wales (a northern Sydney suburb), yet still printed and distributed from Warburton.

While the modern plant is far removed from the early publishing operation, the philosophy of the company remains the same — to produce and distribute Christian literature for the South Pacific region.

Publications

The company publishes three major magazines:
 Signs of the Times, an easy-reading magazine in a format similar to Reader's Digest. It is the flagship publication of Signs Publishing Company, and is for distribution in the South Pacific. It has a circulation of 45,000
 Record is a weekly news magazine aimed at churchmembers, issued freely to churches. Circulation of 26,000
 Edge is targeted at young adults, and published bimonthly. It was founded in 1997 with Brenton Stacey as editor. Kellie Hancock was the editor for nearly 4 years, and commented, "The Edge's archival value for youth ministry is unprecedented. Nothing else provides the coverage of events and supportive resources on a broad range of issues for Adventist youth and those who minister to them." In 2009, Adele Nash was the present and longest-serving editor. It was originally produced by Signs Publishing Company, but from 2010 is to be produced by the Australian Union Conference.