The Sandown “Ghost Clown,” 1973

The Sandown “ghost clown” is a name assigned to a bizarre entity seen by two British children on the Isle of Wight in 1973. It is known for its highly unusual appearance, which may actually be an important clue in understanding anomalous entity encounters, including those with so-called “aliens.”
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[@Se7enBeatleofDoom]

Let’s be real. If the kids were telling the truth. Let’s hope Sam was a real alien ghost, not an actual man dressed like a clown.

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

Yeah that’s a scarier thought

[@kidfortoday]

The kids were lying. Duh.

[@chompachangas]

@@kidfortoday Maybe. Probably, even. But having lived on Earth for a while, I've seen some very strange things so I discount nothing right off the bat.

[@Gnome-kc7pr]

I mean it would be impossible for a man to do any of the stuff but why would the kids lie?

[@Gnome-kc7pr]

@@kidfortodaynah not likely. Kids usually lie to get out of trouble so unless they were doing somethn bad they'd have no reason to lie

[@NathanBenedict45]

This is probably one of my favourite close encounter stories. So strange and eerie, yet innocent. I even made a drawing based on this entity.

[@Crimson_King611]

I’m with you on that man. One of my sketched characters in my book of custom heroes and villains is meant to be All-Colors Sam as well.

[@MirageOfRuins]

Sam All Colours is very charming. I hope he is doing well.

[@MrPaytonw34]

I like that about it, too, that it was innocent, and so strange, both at the same time that was really unique

[@stuartd9741]

​@@MrPaytonw34I think the point of all colours Sam was to lure the kids into a false sense of security/kid friendly environment.. To make them walk into the barn.. All colours could just refer literally as bright & colourful = harmless. As kids having a natural innocence about them would be drawn to the colourful clown..

[@Sevrgpro]

Can we see?

[@spacejaime]

If Fay was 7 years old in 1973, she is around 57 years old today. I would be a treat for the UFO community if she decided to re-tell the whole account. In my 35 years of reading about UFO accounts, never heard of this fascinating story. Thanks, Think Anomalous!

[@ThinkAnomalous]

Agreed! I think that a central component of the UFO phenomena is the effect that it has one its witnesses. I would love to know how this event has affected her all these years later.

[@spacejaime]

@@ThinkAnomalous - T.A., may I suggest for your consideration (of the hundreds of abduction cases) the following: the relatively unknown Bluff Ledge abductions in Vermont (1968); the Allagash abduction in Maine (!976), and the very famous (infamous) Pascagoula MS., abduction (1973). No one can make better presentations than you and your team. Cheers!

[@jonboulton6701]

That was my first thought, whatever the truth of the encounter Fay is not that old and most likely still with us

[@tsuss2205]

It's not even known for sure if these supposed witnesses were ever actually real. This whole story could be entirely fabricated or the details of the occurrence embellished to sound like a UFO encounter

[@jackstraw4222]

its such a shame there has been no interview with her,and as far as im aware no attempts at any contact...

[@Doom2pro]

I heard a story once of a girl who saw a restaurant in the middle of the woods on a road from the back of her dads car out her window. It had Christmas lights but when she looked away and then back, it was suddenly a large silver disc floating above the ground. It makes you wonder if the aliens can manipulate what their appearance is based on personal experience. It would explain a lot of the whacky nonsensical sightings.

[@gicuneagu]

Yes, it was an ufo, they were abducted, probably analised, implanted, given false memories, that was not a clown and not a hut. It was an ALIEN and an UFO that was camouflaged as something else so the kids will not be too shocked. It's pure technology

[@loner8325]

Reminds me of the idea of "psychic paper" from doctor who. Some sort of tech that can tap directly into the subconscious and manipulates perception

[@Lethgar_Smith]

There's a story of an alien abduction that took place inside that circular grass area of an interstate on-ramp. People who were driving in the area at the time claimed they saw an elaborate sign with flashing lights. Others said they saw emergency vehicles there.

[@CYON4D]

I also think this to be the case. Alien abduction researcher David Jacob calls these manipulated perceptions "screen memories".

[@Doom2pro]

​@timothy6007you got it reversed.

[@deathsyth8888]

"Well, not really, but I am in an odd sort of way." This will be my response to any personal question along with "You know."

[@Coconutscott]

Me too. "Are you a nice guy?" "Well, not really, but I am in an odd sort of way." "What the hell does that mean?" "You know..."

[@vasiovasio]

@Coconutscott 😂😂😂

[@roachdoggjr1940]

​@@Coconutscott Nice guys finish last🤡

[@enragedkaiser237]

I always thought that "Sam" was some sort of a playful spirit/fairy type being. These beings often appear in rustic clothing and use tricks to surprise humans.

[@stuartd9741]

Exactly.

[@kidfortoday]

Lol grow up.

[@jordanalandry1866]

He was an "alien" they often appear strangely and they can appear however they choose to whom they choose

[@Americansikkunt]

Bizarre….

[@robokill387]

@@kidfortoday Fairies are real. These days, people call them aliens, but they are really fairies.

[@jessehutchings]

This is one of my favorite cases because there is just so much going on at once. The encounter itself is a simple string of events but the details are mind boggling. That and Sam itself is a truly striking and original image or character. It's also fascinating that no one else has ever reported seeing Sam despite the obvious temptation to exploit the story for 15 minutes of fame

[@Shmurda41]

Stories like these remind me of the weird things that I would experience as a child. I remember vividly exploring in the woods behind my grandmas house with my cousins and finding an old run down hut. Inside there was a small bookshelf full of books. A fireplace in the center with some kind of cauldron on top of it. It creeped us all out as kids and we decided to run back home. We could never find the hut again after this.

[@Kroggnagch]

That's very peculiar... for whatever reason, I believe you. I wonder what happened there and what it was you saw.

[@user-iy6rp1zt1l]

All Colors Sam is such a cool name btw

[@JohntheLNERP2]

I'm honestly shocked that I never heard of this story before since I've spent the last 10 or 15 years visiting Sandown for business purposes yet I only learned of the clown after watching Shrouded Hand's video about it

[@brianthomason5022]

I guess they all don't float around here after all

[@stevenfunderburg1623]

Are you serious? Did you visit the golf course or see the foot bridge itself?!! Are you going back?

[@JohntheLNERP2]

@@stevenfunderburg1623 I didn't even know that there was a an airport located near the golf course let alone the exact area the incident occurred and I stopped travelling to the Isle of Wight a year ago as I had work elsewhere so to answer both your questions I'm afraid not

[@stevenfunderburg1623]

@@JohntheLNERP2 Damnit! 😂🤣😂

[@thediaz07]

​@@JohntheLNERP2did you chill with Sam down there? Did he try anything funny on you?

[@vladimirlagos2688]

This is hands down the weirdest testimony I have heard in a long time. I really wish we could someday get more firsthand testimony from the two witnesses.

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

They would be around 57 now. It might be hard for them to remember it but definitely not impossible there’s also a decent chance they could still be alive

[@ThinkAnomalous]

It would be great to hear what Fay and the boy think of the encounter today. How did it change their lives? Their thinking?

[@requinremembers]

For sure. If it really happened, I can't believe they'd have ever forgotten it!

[@jordanalandry1866]

Read about Donald Shrum the Cisco Grove incident and Carl Higdon Medicine Bow Natl forest incident there's WAYYYYY weird ones out there not many people know about them I could think of many more but clearly this was an "alien" they're all about

[@killedbyshrek5109]

Fay? That's a unique name, if the father wrote to that journal he must have left a return address right?

[@freelancepear87kakkoka11]

the way sam acted made me wonder if he was abandoned, or maybe lost. it being afraid of being hurt and performing tricks for the children makes it seem like he used to be under someone's protection. one interesting thing i also noticed is that the door is quite low, in some places around africa people would protect themselves against slavers by purposefully building the door to be too low, this would force any would be attacker to bow down in order to enter and expose their neck to the inhabitants waiting inside. i wonder if sam also anticipated someone would try to enter his home uninvited.

[@stuartd9741]

The clown. Could have been a kid friendly projection -one the kids would not run away from. .. The vulnerable afraid nature would chime with the kids of a similar innocent nature.. To lure them into the barn of their own free will.

[@saltmydishbartender8432]

@@stuartd9741and then let them go completely unharmed after a pleasant conversation

[@happyllama1160]

@@stuartd9741But they left fine, and there’s no mention of Sam trying to stop them. If there was any underlying motive it must have been something like collecting data or something because if something bad had happened, I imagine the Dad would have included it in the article or that there would be news reports mentioning it.

[@stuartd9741]

@@happyllama1160 I agree. But it seems to me our visitors can't force us into doing something against our will. We have to be lured into Situation under our own free will. .. In this case all colours Sam does not seem to be malevolent. Definitely a data gathering exercise. As most visitation are I guess?

[@Kurapaika99]

​@@stuartd9741yes

[@Crimson_King611]

This case has always deeply fascinated me. I’m a sucker for high strangeness, and this one has always been such a high tier one of all that I’ve researched. I cannot tell you how excited I was when you announced its coverage in your last re-upload, and thus how glad I am that you decided to cover it in the first place. Thank you for another amazing video, and keep up the great work.

[@aleksander8497]

Beyond creepy is another source for high strangeness. Looking for other real accounts too

[@Crimson_King611]

⁠@@aleksander8497 Thank you for introducing me to the Beyond Creepy channel. I’ve started watching some of his latest videos, and I’m loving the cases I’m seeing him cover.

[@aleksander8497]

Sure thing. I've followed BC for a number of years now

[@stuartd9741]

Indeed definitely a strange account. Not totally unusual when studying alot of UFO accounts. .. It seems to me the whole clown/barn appearance was an illusion to lure the kids into ( a kid friendly environment) the barn under their "Own free will" The latter seemingly being very important. .. which was probably the inside of a UFO or an alternative reality... .. The premise is for abductees to voluntarily walk into any environment aliens create rather than using force. ... The silence often associated with UFO encounters is commonly reported in 411 missing people. Beyond creepy. TI, Bedtime stories + sister channel wartime stories, also a good source of high strangeness...I f one allows for a little creative writing. .. TI always finds the obscure strange encounters like beyond creepy does. .... I was excited at the Chicago O'Hare UFO incident as this one doesn't get a lot of publicity....

[@requinremembers]

Shrouded Hand, my favorite, did an excellent video on the Sandown Clown too. :D

[@enragedkaiser237]

By the way of child encounters and other people not seeing anything, this reminded me of a paranormal event from my family's history. My grandpa's brother came home crying that saw a ghost of their recently deceased grandma in their shed (this was back in the 1950s'). When my grandpa and their mom went out to investigate, they saw nothing, but a sudden gust of wind (this was a windless evening) and a weird "swoosh" sound went right by their ears. Grandpa's brother was crying and said he saw "granny smiling to him, shining blue and hovering above the ground). He was certain of his "vision" till his death. My grandpa's mother also had a paranormal encounter of her own. She saw a shining white cow levitating 0.5 m above the ground on their field one sunny day. When she came closer to investigate, it suddenly disappeared.

[@FatovMikhail]

holy cow! thanks for sharing your story

[@ThinkAnomalous]

Thanks for sharing! Those are really interesting stories. Just before my deeply Catholic grandmother died in hospice in 2017, several of those that came and visited her were "miraculously" healed and prior ailments.

[@chompachangas]

Neat!. A couple of years ago we had several weeks of pretty intense poltergeist-like activity. My wife and I both saw small items sliding across countertops, being knocked off shelves, etc. One day my dog and I looked on in wonder as my wife's soft sewing tape measure unraveled itself and scooted across the floor for a foot or two... Then, nothing. I checked for earthquakes, replaced the batteries in the CO2 detectors, had the fire dept come out and check for gases, but there was nothing going on. Freaking weird, right?

[@CYON4D]

@@ThinkAnomalous Very interesting story. Do you have more real life paranormal experiences?

[@Funckle73]

The being pulled this form from the children’s thoughts and memories

[@redhouse3994]

Yeah there's some kind of intelligence on this planet that has possibly been here longer than us that we cannot see or perceive (unless it wants us to). And it can appear to us however it wants. It seems like the majority of the time these encounters are just this intelligence entertaining itself with us and maybe even possibly guiding our evolution. Whether it be in a positive, innocent way, or a downright scary, evil way. I think it's all the same thing. I believe they called them the fae folk in Celtic mythology. I guess that "demons" are just "angels" who are having a bad day lmao. I've encountered a UFO personally and I really got the feeling that 1.) It knew I was watching it and 2.) that it was showing off and doing cool formations and things to impress me. I never got the sense that it was an actual spaceship with a pilot or anything because that just would not have been at all possible.

[@felipemachado3500]

Yeesss, I believe the same. It generated, just like AI, by reading their aura or something like that.

[@mrmh6096]

What an absolute treat two think anomalous videos within a space of two days, seriously awesome, love this channel.

[@atlsxfinest8509]

YES! came here to say the same.

[@joelglanton6531]

The crop circle video was a repost; it was taken down due to a copyright strike.

[@Ben_the_Ignorant]

@@joelglanton6531 Think Anomalous needs to investigate the anomalous things at KZbin.

[@joelglanton6531]

@@Ben_the_Ignorant You should investigate deez nuts.

[@jdcc8670]

Who describes a KZbin video as a treat ??? 🤮

[@Hawken54]

This has a similarity to the Jacob Jacobbson case of 1759. He came across a house along a lake that he didn't recall being there and went inside and came across a man, woman and small people. Kinda like structures were found out in fields in this case but would disappear.

[@tihamerrozman7504]

The channel having a video about it, or mentions it somewhere

[@Hawken54]

@@tihamerrozman7504 - Yes, this channel has a video about it.

[@jackstraw4222]

interesting report ,iv heard of similar reports,but not this exact one ...they are quite rare being only a handful from all the videos and books on the topic iv read...

[@deoccultist]

This reminds of that scene in the TV series Taken where the young boy is visited by a giant cartoon squirrel from his book, and the creature lures him to a big tree with a door. Then the tree suddenly becomes a spacecraft. These beings probably pull images from the subconscious as to not frighten children when taking them. I've had experiences myself in childhood in the 80s. I used to watch a lot of music videos, and I remember seeing the dancers from the Robert Palmer music video "Addicted To Love" staring at me through my bedroom window. I dismissed it as a bad dream and have no memory of anything happening afterward.

[@ThinkAnomalous]

That's a creepy story! This is known as the "screen memory" or "screen image" phenomenon. A lot of people see nocturnal animals like owls as screen images.

[@Jockkoman]

If that’s what you saw, it sounds more like a sexual awakening than anything 😂

[@SeventhSamurai72]

Great job on the animations/illustrations. This is such a weird story!

[@PomeSeeds]

There's so much about this encounter that puts me in mind of an encounter with the fair folk, from the strangeness of Sam's appearance from a liminal space, and his refusal to state exactly what he is, to the playful demeanor of the lights that followed the father. I'm not sure what the UFOlogical approach to more folkloric encounters is, but it strikes me as strange that I've never heard of anyone approaching it from that angle.

[@AiVaultGuy]

why do we have to imagine all these stupid stuff?!? this was clearly a guy dressed in a clown suit or misterious costume trying to get the kids attention and get them inside a disposable building, a shack or a trailer to either kidnap them, or even worse. This is the typical behaviour of pedophiles, acting like misterious magical figures to kids or dressed like clown in order for the kids to like them be curious and follow them, I saw similar pedohpiles cases like these where they do magical tricks to kids, talk funny, dress in funny customs, give them candy and other strange behaviours, and the outcome was really worse than this case, thank god that for some reason these kids got afraid or saw something unusal fomr this guy at some point and run away form the shack.

[@mezzaldn8211]

I live in sandown and i can tell you sometimes theres a strange feeling when you are on your own outside the towns

[@felipemachado3500]

Maybe Sandown is a sacred territory. If there are natives around, people could ask them about it.

[@bla-t]

@@felipemachado3500it happened in the united kingdom, i doubt there are natives since the people themselves are the “natives”

[@sleepyjo9340]

I wanted to add the siren is commonly heard on breakthrough dmt trips, and large trips in general. The triangle features are similar to geometry during trips too. This genuinely seens similar to machine entities.

[@mechachrist]

I've never pieced the two together until now. That's honestly fascinating. Since DMT is dumped into the brain upon death, how Sam answered the ghost question makes sense. If the other side has indigenous beings (along with the souls of the dead) it would be difficult to answer that question, especially in a way a child would understand. Thanks for opening that rabbit hole hahaa.

[@invisi-bullexploration2374]

Machine entities, eh? It is kind of a mindfrack that if all this is a simulation then a 'GM' could manifest itself however it wanted in here. The thing did mention being a kind of ghost (In the machine?)

[@seanliu1311]

It feels more like tinnitus though, not really a siren that goes up and down in frequency, more like a sound that sort of resembles white noise that reaches a peak and stays there. Also this just wouldn't be a dmt trip because during a breakthrough trip if you open your eyes there is no world it's just fractals.

[@SmartStart24]

Wait what so the kids were tripping??

[@JohnDoe-zh8tj]

No fucking way those kids were tripping balls

[@SUPER_WOLFMOON]

Electrical workers be like, dude we are working with electricity here, we can't be paying attention to kids and a scarecrow. ⚡

[@sebastianuglyrat]

We got a comedian over here

[@Nolan33177]

A scarecrow on the pay roll? Why that scarecrow walking and carrying a loud as fu*k siren? Or didn’t they hear that?

[@TheBfutgreg]

As a mostly apathetic professional myself while being relatively young, I agree....we got work to do, kid shit is when I get home, not here !

[@user-co8uy5rb2s]

They were probably hidden from view by some perception camouflage.

[@evansgate]

You guys do a great job of depicting the unimaginable. 10/10 presentation

[@sagegoodwin1]

Legit, that was very helpful and well done

[@andrewclark8630]

Even down the cars of the time in England. Amazing detail.

[@RamonK.]

This is the weirdest story I've ever heard of. Almost if some character from a children's book came to life. Reminds of the Stephen King Novel "Regulators", where all those fictional characters suddenly appear in reality...

[@snowden6790]

this is one of my absolute favorite stories, and i'm beyond happy to see more people talking about it. i love a good, harmless, wholesome yet eerie story.

[@satura5848]

One of my favourite strange tales. I've often wondered whether there might have been a local 'eccentric' in the Sandown area at the time, effectively living as a recluse with no fixed abode. The use of the term 'mainland' stands out as something you would typically hear from an islander and not someone visiting from elsewhere. I went there a few times as a child in the early 90s, quite a distinctive place with a definite local identity. When I first read about this case the statement 'and I am all colours' reminded me of a quote attributed to Buddha (Samantāvabhāsavyūhaśrī), though I cannot find it now (all search results seem to be endless list articles, annoyingly). I love the grey-skinned, three-toed feet. A wonderfully unsettling detail. The implied Oz effect fascinates me, in science fiction terms I like to imagine entities somehow controlling our perception and occasionally 'tuning us in' to perceiving them. Cases where entities appear unaware that they're suddenly visible to humans spring to mind, as though they were simply going about their daily business among us when a piece of tech glitched out and they have to deal with a witness. Behave strangely, speak in riddles, vanish into folklore.

[@stuartd9741]

I'm not sure this clown was eccentric. I'm sure the kids would have sussed that out straight away. .. In order for an event to inspire strangeness or fear would have to be extraordinary event. .. To me the clown facade was one to create a kid friendly environment - one to lure the kids into the barn of their own free will.. ...I suspect the barn was indeed a UFO or alternate reality. . It seems aliens wish for abductees to willfully walk into a situation/environment created by the aliens rather than using force. .. The all colours Sam although may have deeper meaning may just be taken literally; bright & colourful = harmless. . Or in other words. An Aliens interpretation of a child friendly environment/ persona. .. I do like the last part of your comment. About unexpectedly being visible to humans and having to create a situation to play down the visual entity. From what I have read alien technology is not infallible.. See also shag harbour UFO event. In Canada.. Sometimes alien technology does break down.

[@stuartd9741]

Oh, most search engines are now screening/filtering search results now. Most searches result in useless generic responses 😏

[@ThinkAnomalous]

I think you're on the right track regarding the "tuning us in" thing. I think that there are lots of anomalous entities in our midst, but we can only see them and interact with them in certain instances. Sometimes these instances are spontaneous, or perhaps arranged by the entities, but I also think it's possible to reach out to these entities in a more active way.

[@davidvasey5065]

I do wonder if the creature made the children read the sentence aloud and turned it into a sort of game with the words being out of order because as well as getting his appearance from children's media he'd also picked up on the educational factor of the shows and believed that's how he should communicate to children

[@felipemachado3500]

​@@ThinkAnomalousEssa maneira "mais ativa" seria bruxaria ou ocultismo?

[@EugeniaLoli]

Very good analysis to include the Oz Factor. This is the most common thing encountered when seeing ufos, aliens or paranormal. As for the weird sound the kids were hearing, this is reminiscent of what you hear when you try to induce an OBE, or on D_M-T. Basically, what they experienced, was not part of the physical space.

[@El-Californio]

Excellent observation. It may be a DMT jester making a surprise appearance in our world. The Trickster Archetype is a huge fan of the jester/joker/clown façade 🎭

[@stuartd9741]

The clown facade being viewed by kids as harmless if one wanted to lure them into a situation/environment of their own free will. Still one of the stranger encounters.

[@johnhewitt564]

The response from "sam"seems very typical to answers from e.v.p. questions, like with unfinished sentences, odd pronunciations, emphasizing certain words.

[@Solaar_Punk]

I love this story, and actually not that many youtubers have covered it. I know you here at Think Anomalous pick your subject matter for videos carefully and when they are released they are of extremely high quality. So to see a totally unexpected and one of my favourite subjects from this channel is AMAZING!

[@CurtRowlett]

I first learned about this case five years ago and in my opinion, it is one of the strangest stories connected to the UFO phenomenon that I have ever heard of. Excellent job here with the animations. I love it when Think Anomalous covers a case.

[@adinocc2042]

This is one of my favorite cases. It's so strange and wonderful. It's also appealing to me because it doesn't represent a negative encounter, like a alien abduction situation, but a sort of neutral/positive one, including the sightings the father had as well. I honestly don't know what to make of it, but I do believe that this strange occurrence really did happen.

[@ThinkAnomalous]

Agreed. I only learned on this case recently, but it's among my favourites. So hard to pin this one down.

[@jordanalandry1866]

most encounters, most legitimate encounters are all positive if they wanted to fuck us over they could and they would have already let’s be real, and they often make their presence known if you will to children because children are innocent, they don’t represent danger or a risk of harm that’s often times why children are selected to reveal supernatural or alien if you will messages to because they’re like a clean slate, they don’t have conceived notion’s or ideas already ingrained in them and they don’t present a threat or danger. They’re most likely to be receptive to these messages. That’s why you see a common theme with children being contacted and being able to see these entities and receive some type of message on them intended for humanity as a whole.

[@adinocc2042]

@@jordanalandry1866 Yeah, I agree.

[@jackstraw4222]

same here ,even after years of following the topic of strange anomalies,i have no answer, but it does seem like a entity trying to mimic a clown...

[@aithjawcraig9876]

@jordanalandry1866 They're not all positive I don't think. There are factions, much like with people. I believe they are genuinely curious about humans, in a way. In a very alien way, it's something like curiosity. One interesting thing I heard is that Reticulans (greys) are fascinated with hats. Apparently they ask people about them quite frequently. "Where's your hat?" Is what experiencer Jim Sparks reported. He also said they use a technique he called image screening, where they can appear as anything they wish. Explains the clown, who almost looks like the Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz. Food for thought

[@mattd1466]

These are favourite Think Anomalous videos, the ones where it's about a specific encounter or related encounters accompanied by excellent illustrations.

[@ricardohurtado5646]

This is perhaps the most strangest and most unclassifiable case ever. It is probably the strongest example of inter dimensional contact.

[@Supreme0757]

Yea I’ve read and heard countless alien abduction cases and encounters as well as some paranormal ones but this I have no idea what this falls under. I even found that among alien encounters even if they’re on opposite sides of the world during two completely different time periods sometimes information will remain consistent but this? Idk

[@gicuneagu]

It was an ufo, they were abducted, probably analised, implanted, given false memories, that was not a clown and not a hut. It was an ALIEN and an UFO that was camouflaged as something else so the kids will not be too shocked. It's pure technology

[@johnhewitt564]

Very close and personal encounters such as this and many more is proof enough for the witnesses that it was real no matter how it plays out.

[@Jockkoman]

Preface: I’m not here to debunk or provide skepticism. I love all of the comments and expanded theories under this video. If this encounter is so far afield from all other accounts, why not consider this to be something else entirely? It seems very plausible that Sam was merely a human dressed in a crude Oz Scarecrow costume trying to either entertain these kids, lure them for nefarious purposes, or both. I love the notion that an unknown paranormal entity shape-shifts into forms that are (naively) relevant to the observer! But also, an emotionally disturbed child predator who got cold feet at the last minute seems likely. Doesn’t account for the Dad’s altogether different experiences, tho.

[@msid7748]

@@Jockkoman exactly

[@lindomarpatricio9257]

The illustrations are really cool

[@isaacthemonke233]

if Sam is (or was) real, perhaps the clown suit was a way to make himself appear less threatening (even if he didnt mean any harm). Maybe he saw a clown in a book or on a poster or even on an old TV. He saw how much joy clowns brought to people, so he used everything he could to make a clown suit.

[@AiVaultGuy]

why do we have to imagine all these stupid stuff?!? this was clearly a guy dressed in a clown suit or misterious costume trying to get the kids attention and get them inside a disposable building, a shack or a trailer to either kidnap them, or even worse. This is the typical behaviour of pedophiles, acting like misterious magical figures to kids or dressed like clown in order for the kids to like them be curious and follow them, I saw similar pedohpiles cases like these where they do magical tricks to kids, talk funny, dress in funny customs, give them candy and other strange behaviours, and the outcome was really worse than this case, thank god that for some reason these kids got afraid or saw something unusal fomr this guy at some point and run away form the shack.

[@PsychologicalApparition]

You can visit the clowns when you smoke DMT. They are real.

[@Slop_Dogg]

sounds like a homeless vagrant, possible war veteran. maybe suffering from some mental illness but still possessed enough faculties to survive. the violence of war can certainly make one question humanity, even fear them. when asked if he was a ghost he said “Well, not really, but I am in an odd sort of way.” he was the ghost of the man he used to be.

[@happyllama1160]

I think you’re right if any of the story was true, though I think it would probably be more along the lines of having a serious learning disability without much support, then his appearance and house exaggerated by kids.

[@wizcoolc1]

Why would the workers just ignore it though? Wouldn't they be a least a little concerned about children nearby entering his tin home?

[@scarymonsterzz]

My personal theory is that Sam was a friendly shape-shifting fairy/fey spirit that made itself look like a kid's clown to put the kids at ease after he was spotted by them. I also noticed it told the children it's name was Sam but then later told Fay he didn't have a name. I wonder if "Sam" was a random fake name given since part of fairy folklore includes having power over a fairy if you knew it's true name. If Sam really was a fairy those kids were lucky they ran into a friendly one. Most fairies are much more mischievous and often stole children away in traditional folktales.

[@Obbee]

i love unfamiliar UFO cases like this one.. that people no one talks about. very bizarre and fascinating. i love your videos.

[@Norcaldaddy]

So glad you guys are making regular videos again, love the content! Keep them coming please!

[@MrPaytonw34]

So I clicked on because of the thumbnail. I figured this is gonna be interesting or weird and was not wrong. As soon as you explained the material coming out of his sleeves and his ankles, I mediately thought of the scarecrow in Wizard of Oz. just a wild, strange story. Subbed

[@ThinkAnomalous]

Thanks for the sub! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@trenthoward6800]

This is precisely why I'm subscribed to you, I would never hear about such odd and fascinating cases otherwise.

[@jackstraw4222]

theres a few channels that cover it ...

[@jonathanrangel565]

It was happy scarecrow who got a raise for being outstanding in his field.

[@Grim2]

Strange 7 foot tall figure standing Boy: "Dis is fine" Loud alarm sounds off Boy: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! RUUUUUUUN!!!!!!!!!!"

[@TheCoon1975]

I love this creepy thing.

[@CYON4D]

One of my favorite entity encounter cases, very surreal. The clown's answer to the question about being a ghost is very intriguing. It has all the aspects that Vallee points out about the fairy and UFO encounters. It somehow feels like an entitiy that went rogue and is now free to do whatever it wants but doesn't really know how to take care of itself (tattered clothes, struggling to walk in the lake, surviving on wild berries etc). Very enigmatic character. EDIT: He says that he is not a ghost yet at the same time he is one in an odd sort of way. He also mentions that he is afraid of humans and fears being harmed. I think he means that he is a "ghost" in the sense that he is hiding and does not want be seen by humans and possibly the occupants of the UFO which seems to scan the island at night for something. And maybe the UFO was following and keeping an eye on the family since Sam got in contact with one of the family members and they might be hoping that Sam would come out to interact with them again and then they would be able to capture him. UFOs are a common sight around locations that people experience paranormal entity encounters. This is also the case for the Mothman and Bigfoot encounters. Sam also behaves like a child. Maybe he was just projecting the minds of the children on himself to appeal to them and have an interaction since he seems to be alone and might be seeking some company. His berry trick might be some effort to keep the children entertained to make them stay with him for a little bit longer. Children must have seemed harmless and playful to him. Maybe that's why he came out when he was hiding under the bridge. Or he might really be a childish entity who is trying to survive in this environment while hiding from humans and the UFO occupants. I think his clothes, the book, the microphone, the table, the chair and the heater are all things that Sam secretly took away from humans. The berries and the heater are indications that he is most likely a biological being that needs to stay warm and eat to survive or he just wants others to think so.

[@Xenunnaki]

Don't forget hopping instead of walking, as if movement with 2 legs is not standard for it

[@El-Californio]

​@Xenunnaki I've noticed that Non Human beings seem to have difficulty moving their legs in our reality. They either move too slow or too fast, or both at the same time. Kind of distorted in a way...

[@joemeschke]

This is an interesting theory and I agree with the part about the UFO possibly searching for Sam, but the shed he was living in wasn't there when the parents went to investigate, and why would there be an adolescent alien traveling with its parents to another world and then run away from them?

[@CYON4D]

@@joemeschke I think the children misidentified a high tech craft as a shed. Or the craft might have a feature to disguise itself as a regular object to avoid attracting too much attention. Sam seems to have the ability to exploit the craft's capabilities which might include flight and invisibility (the workers didn't seem to notice or hear them). I don't think the UFO occupants are his parents but maybe his creators. I think he is either a multi-dimensional entity who is being chased the UFO occupants or some experimental entity created by the UFO occupants but somehow managed to get away from them using the small craft he is living in. The fact that he is fearful of others seems to support the idea that he is hiding. Or maybe he is just lost and couldn't get in contact with its kind for a time.

[@stuartd9741]

​@@El-Californio Could be a 4/5 dimensional being that has to adapt into our 3D dimension. & thus has difficulty in that transition.

[@brandonxpagano]

Never heard this case - I love when you cover the more high-strangeness cases.

[@ThinkAnomalous]

It's good to cover cases that are easier for people to accept, and that have an abundance of corroborating evidence. But I also think it's important to expose people to some of the more outlandish stories on record in order to give them a fuller picture of anomalous phenomena.

[@brandonxpagano]

@@ThinkAnomalous Woah, thank you for the reply! Your videos are my favorite covering the phenomena on all of KZbin and have been for a very long time. I really appreciate all the hard work - and I'm always looking forward to more / crushing the back catalogue.

[@1TakoyakiStore]

This reminds me of 2 things. 1) The Officer Terrance Outback incident that involved two 7ft tall twins. The sheer amount of strangeness of that matches that of the Sandown Clown. 2) This All Colors Sam's behavior reminds me of Syd Barett's behavior. He was quite mad in the early 70's. Even had been referred to as a Sacre Crow or Pied Piper. It likely wasn't him. But the odds that there was at least one other person like Syd around that time are high.

[@mikealpha4169]

Can you please give me a pointer as to where I can find more information about these two cases? I can't find anything interesting about either one, I can only find the mainstream versions of these stories (assuming I even found the same stories that you are talking about)

[@1TakoyakiStore]

@@mikealpha4169 The Police incident with the giant twins can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3qogq2Lfpp5bbM

[@thomasulrich3107]

i think hes only implying that Sam might be someone mentally ill, or with some sprt pf psicosis from doing too much lsd. Syd is a founding member of pink floyd, who was kicked off the band because of his declining mental health. I hope that was not him tho. Dont know which case hes referring to in on number 1

[@tommeakin1732]

Ngl hearing really weird stories like this just makes me think of stories of elves and fairies. If you told this exact story to someone from a thousand years ago, I am sure they'd say elves. The more I listen to modern stories around...weird things, like claimed alien and "cryptid" encounters, the more I think we're mostly looking at a psychological phenomena that's had many different names and ways of showing itself over time. I also wonder how many people have truly odd things like this happen to them, and just never tell anyone because it sounds like madness lol

[@thomashelminski6351]

Of all the popular encounter tales this is my "favorite" for some reason. I'm amazed at the differences in the various retellings. Great story, great video. Also, I think your channel would be a nice fit for bibendum encounters. I'd love to watch your take. Keep up the great work!

[@Itachi21x]

When I was a child I also had a strange encounter. I was about 5 years old. Me and my parents were visiting friends and having a birthday party in their friends garden in July. It was about 8:30 pm and getting dark. My parents were sitting with their friends while I was alone playing with a football in the garden. I remember kicking the football through the roofed garden entrance which lead to the frontyard of the house. When I was at the entrance looking at the frontyard, I stopped and saw a strange luminous worm or caterpillar like creature which was crawling across the yard. It was quite large, about 2 times the size of a dog. From the looks of it, it reminded me of The very hungry caterpillar. It noticed me, looked at me and smiled. I was scared shitless and ran back to my parents. To this day I am not sure if that creature was actually real but it always reminds of cases like the "Ghost Clown".

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

What did its face look like?

[@Itachi21x]

@@StrangeScaryNewEngland I can't really say for sure anymore. Almost like the face of the very hungry caterpillar but very pale with more "human-like" characteristics, like it's eyes.

[@punchdrink1]

Beautiful illustrations! Especially the graphic of some eyes looking at you from below the ocean! Terrifying and interesting stuff! 👀

[@stevenfunderburg1623]

Holy crap! TA is the first You Tube channel I have seen with a STSC video which bothers to depict the men working within sight of the kids. An important little detail for a number of reasons, all of which have been explored in detail on the Astonishing Legends podcast, and I am glad to see your diligence at work here, TA🤘

[@ThinkAnomalous]

It's an incredibly important detail, in my opinion. Details like this may help us understand if UFO and entity encounters occur entirely in our shared physical world, or if they are more subjective experiences.

[@stevenfunderburg1623]

@@ThinkAnomalous Right. It also lends itself to the entire Passport to Magonia modality. Especially since the kids didn't experience the event as a definitive UFO paradigm.

[@Solaar_Punk]

The way sam is drawn in this video makes me wonder if the wooden slats had once been to keep his sleeves and trouser ends flared (as perhaps a clown may wear). If the material of his clothes had worn and torn to enough of a degree it's possible that all that was left of the extremities of his clothing was the - originally covered - slats. It's a tough subject to google-research.

[@BradAaronTaylor]

Yesss! Truly, one of my all-time favourite cases of high strangeness. Tremendous 🤡

[@wulfone5961]

Sounds like the kids came across either an alien or something from another dimension. They probably went through something not very pleasant. Like a medical exam but whatever it was replaced that with something else kind of like a false memory. At least they got to go back home though.

[@felipemachado3500]

É uma boa teoria o que você acabou de dizer.

[@fourshore502]

its interesting but not really surprising to me that kids seem to be able to see things that adults cannot.

[@JamesLawner]

I think when the entity responded that they're "not a man", it could refer to them saying they're not human.

[@bobbys6945]

First time here. This story is EXCELLENT! The description of "Sam" reminds me of similar descriptions of the fey.

[@prince-solomon]

The most well researched and best illustrated depiction of this case. A great Think Anomalous video!

[@ThinkAnomalous]

I was disappointed to realize that there were not a lot of artistic depictions of Sam, and that the ones that existed were not entirely accurate. I think these are the most accurate depictions of the entity anywhere on the internet.

[@prince-solomon]

@@ThinkAnomalous This is what i love about your channel the most after the concise and extensive research. You manage to visualize many famous cases as true as possible to the description by witnesses. Compare your Travis Walton video with what the movie "Fire in the Sky" showed happened during the abduction...these depictions are diametrically opposed, and yours is exactly as Travis described it and the movie is absolutely wrong in that regard, much to Travis' own regret. Kudos to you and your team!

[@benjamingolisek6120]

It looks like what AI would come up with if you told it to create something to interact with children; trying to make them comfortable but failing miserably.

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

Well they trusted it enough to go into his house and chat for 30 minutes

[@ThinkAnomalous]

I think that's actually a very good analogy for how the phenomenon works. I hypothesize that it somehow "reads" our collective culture, much as AI does, then spits out some composite creation that looks close enough to being real, but with a few glaring errors.

[@mk5955]

@@ThinkAnomalousinteresting idea, and what do you mean by saying ‘it’?

[@ThinkAnomalous]

Honestly, I don’t know. An intelligence of some form.

[@libernihilus]

@@mk5955 Cosmic finger puppet.

[@simonandrews9274]

As with all clowns, Sam's act leaves a lot to be desired.

[@bibleboy8004]

I’m also from riverside county and I also saw those beings as a little boy as well. My parents would work early in the morning so my aunt would take care of me. My parents would drop me off at her house early in the morning when it was still dark and I would lay in a bed in her bedroom. Her bedroom had a large window and I would see circular heads with multiple dark pink eyes looking at me moving their head from corner to corner I never felt threatened from their presence but a since of comfort since I didn’t like sleeping alone, they would appear almost every day of the week and when I spoke about it to my parents and aunt they shook it off I would feel paralyzed when they’d look at me I would just close my eyes until I fell asleep

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

That sounds terrifying

[@stuartd9741]

Do you mind if I asked how old you were when this happened? Did the visits stop in later life...?.

[@jesterdays]

You sure that wasn't sleep paralysis?

[@Obbee]

LEMMiNO and Think Anomalous just uploaded the same week. i'm so happy. ❤

[@Nationalfrontdisco71]

Interesting that the girl's name was Fay, like the fey (fairies).

[@3olision]

This is the best channel on KZbin. Criminally underrated.

[@supremeenlightenedtramp1080]

I agree.

[@cutekanjii]

I find it interesting that it said it picked and ate berries in the late afternoon. When in the David Paulides Missing 411 books it is noted that the time that people are most likely to disappear is in the late afternoon and also berries & berry pickers are involved on many occasions. Should also do a video on another famous 1970s British Encounter involving children. The Wollaton Park gnomes which were seen by a large group of kids. They were driving around on little cars like from the British childrens cartoon show Noddy. Not sure of Americans are familiar with it.

[@bc7138]

This is a interesting and bizarre story, a great example of high strangeness. I wonder if you'll ever cover Jean Hingley and the so-called 'Mince Pie Martians' - another example of a high strangeness 'alien' encounter. Along with All Colours Sam it's one of my favourite weird alleged encounters.

[@musedonna]

I was born in ‘73... never heard of this case. Very interesting!

[@celestenova777]

So many odd detailed descriptions from the children, from how Sam hopped and his strange conjuring trick that either the children had incredible imaginations or they really did see Sam. Amazing Faye's dad had his odd encounters to add to this. I've been to the Isle of Wight a few times, to Sandown and Ryde and only heard this story on youtube channels. Great video!

[@Von_Lipstick]

The dials on the wallpaper always stood out to me as a wild detail

[@celestenova777]

@Von_Lipstick yes...and how the metallic hut was never seen again...just wish the children had been interviewed later on in their lives, seems to have gone quiet after.

[@ozmond2600]

I live about 10 minutes away on foot. I went down there and think I found the foot bridge.

[@ufoscriptorium]

👍🤡🎈

[@ThinkAnomalous]

Creepy!

[@jamiegra4126]

One of my all time favourite encounters by one of my most loved channels so out there and unique

[@DogSniffing]

Remember the episode of Andy Griffith when Opie sees the line worker and can't understand what he's seeing, and from his description he works everyone up into thinking he saw a alien.

[@abrahamjokumsen]

It is always a good day, when you upload a video. Welcome back :-)

[@sharonrigs7999]

Made me think of Worzel Gummidge, which were popular books and programmes in the 70's!

[@sifublack192]

Amazing! I've NEVER heard this story, yet it is the most bizarre story I've ever heard. Truly something else!

[@ThinkAnomalous]

It's one of my new favourite cases!

[@cabooseabs6864]

I've at least been aware of all the cases previously covered. Awesome to see one I'm completely new to. And this has so many elements of other myths/folklore. Came from under a bridge, hoped like spring heeled jack, wore an odd hat/tunic like a fairy/knife, winding up noise like some ufos and more I'm sure.

[@m0n4d59]

This channel produces absolutely stellar videos. For the past 4 years I've come back every week or so to check for new uploads. Truly great work, keep it up!

[@kizzlenation1947]

Well done! What a pleasant surprise, I love this story. I did not expect to see you cover this, keep it up!!!

[@caby5055]

this is a fascinating case, so very different from a lot of other anomalies. that said, it's either amusing or suspicious how much this sounds and looks like a uk kids tv show from the seventies considering it took place in the uk in the seventies. sam would fit right in amongst other tv show characters. edit: the theory of aliens or unidentifiably entities being being projected onto by the viewer as something more recognisable is interesting too, I can imagine that being the case a fair amount of the time. who knows how unfathomable life out there might be, would our brains even process them? let alone if they are disguised in some way.

[@rogueplanet13]

I was not prepared for this 😮

[@sirwhodison]

Dude I LOVE your videos you’re SO amazing at doing these illustrations of your story man. You need to post more often and I promise you’ll be able to make a lot off these. You go into such depth I. Ur stories I loveeee how long these are and how detailed u speak. Man it’s crazy u don’t have more subscribers this page is amazing

[@yumyumcrackers9777]

Wow! Never heard of this. This is why this channel is the gold standard when it comes to unique topics like this. Research, narration, and illustration are Top tier. Keep up this quality

[@CodingAbroad]

This one just stays with me for some reason. People often compare it to “robot grandma 411” might be a worthwhile tale for your channel. Btw the illustrations on your channel really help visualise the story, great job

[@radagastbrown9001]

It was 7 year olds, they obviously made it up. 😂

[@zipsey]

These videos are criminally underrated

[@hughjass2745]

I dont think Sam was an alien or ghost. I think he was a sentient scarecrow, which is even more creepy

[@trash3049]

Wth are these comments???

[@Americansikkunt]

@@trash3049 idk, man. I’m open to the concept of unexplainable events, but I don’t understand why people attribute ANY belief to ANY explanation

[@samuraijackoff5354]

Japan has something like that, forgot the name.

[@johnshields6852]

I'm from the 60's Boston, ghosts were a joke in my day, but now there's no question in my mind that ghosts are absolutely real.

[@greenbud8946]

Try DMT. It’ll TOTALLY CHANGE your view of “reality”.

[@CaptainTeach1]

I just love your eerie music Think Anomalous. 2 videos back to back as a fan we love this channel so we are glad you're listening to your fans with more videos

[@joemommasvids]

If you are a fan of anomalous stories, happenings, theories, then you have come to the right place. This is such an interesting topic to me after seeing a ufo/uap in 2011. I can binge watch this channels material and never get bored of it. Such a well done job at citing and documenting these different stories that have been around for so long. Thank you to the creator of this channel. Every time I am notified of a new video, it truly makes my day better. I look forward to more videos with everything going on in the world right now.

[@ThinkAnomalous]

Thanks so much for the kind words! I appreciate your views, and I'm glad that you derive so much enjoyment from them.

[@joemommasvids]

@@ThinkAnomalous you truly have no idea. By far my favorite channel on KZbin.

[@felixking1072]

Wow what a treat! Cool story never heard of it.

[@Eristtx]

Thanks, great video. Compared to other channels, you offer "added value" - while others just retell stories that have been told 1000 times, you find ones that few have heard of, yet are able to tell us much more about the nature of the phenomenon, especially its absurdity. The illustrations are great too. Of course, one still needs to keep one's feet on the ground and acknowledge the possibility that the whole phenomenon is based on fabrications. It's interesting that once one becomes interested in the phenomenon, one very quickly becomes so emotionally invested in it all that one unconsciously overlooks the arguments "against" it. Not to be misunderstood - I honestly believe that something " extraordinary" is really going on around us. But it's strange how hard it is to remain neutral. And even more problematic is my use of the word "belief". Anyway... thanks again for the video. If you set up a Patreon or something, I'll be happy to support you at least symbolically.

[@ThinkAnomalous]

Thanks for the kind words! I think there is too much dogma in anomalistics, and I think that the greatest breakthroughs will come from understanding the connections between different phenomena, and truly coming to terms with the "absurdities," as you say. I try to encourage people to do all these things through with my videos.

[@marklipson]

Brilliantly done. This short video covers one of the most unique, complex and strange stories in modern paranormal history, highlighting all the key points without missing subtle details often overlooked. The editorial is sharp, intelligent and focused, and the artwork and music are evocative and mesmerizing. The whole production is absolutely brilliant. I've known about the Sandown incidents for many years but I've never before seen it so clearly and compellingly related. Thanks...Even if the events reported were not "real" -- e.g., the product of hoax, fantasy, hallucination, misinterpretation, etc. -- the Sandown Clown case is still important if it brings us a better understanding of the psychological and sociological roots of folklore. Personally, I have not come to any particular conclusions about the story (it is only a story, after all; remember, all we have are the various witness testimonies, of different things in different places at different times). But there is something about the case that is emblematic of that kind of "refractory reality" we observe in many high-strangeness incidents... Things seem to shift around, significance and meaning warped, from one observer to another. The specifics of these dream-like observations and bizarre details defy logic or even any commonly-held perception or intuition. Beyond his general resemblance to a clown or scarecrow, Sam's "triangular eyes/eyebrows" seem to me to be one of those details, in common with at least several other accounts, which pass right through all our conventions and cognitive filters straight into our subconscious. We almost immediately grasp on a visceral level how unfamiliar and alien this is but somehow at the same time still recognize enough, or have enough experience on some level, to try to fit it into our various frames of reference. What gets me most about this particular story is how difficult that process of reconciliation is for me here. Very much like the high-strangeness incidents reported at Voronezh, Kelly-Hopkinsville, and Flatwoods, I find the details so ludicrously garish and absurd I just want to call "bullshit" and be done with it...but I find I can't. Something somehow rings true for me. There is *something* there. I don’t know what it is, but I can't dismiss it yet...

[@musedonna]

Love this channel! I’ve rewatched most of the videos several times 😊. Now 2 videos in 2 days, awesome! Thank you!

[@ThinkAnomalous]

Thanks for watching! I'm so glad that you're enjoying them. To be fair though, the Bower & Chorley video was a reupload of a video that was taken down due to a copyright claim.

[@musedonna]

@@ThinkAnomalous I realized that, lol, but I watched again and enjoyed it none the less!

[@supernovan]

A bizarre incident! I'd not heard this case before. Great video as usual, Jason! Good to see your videos are starting to turn up in my recommendeds again

[@ThinkAnomalous]

Thanks, and I'm glad to hear it! I like expose people to lesser-known cases now and then.

[@MillywiggZ]

I keep trying to rationalise this as a man in scuba gear or something to do with water pollution. Perhaps it’s bits and pieces of aircraft or motorbike racing gear to stop fire damage since there was an airport near by. Maybe this Sam person was just messing with the kids saying he was a ghost and ate berries. The fact that the two workers on the pole didn’t seem bothered means he may have been one if their crew or something. Anyone know more than me, because I’m just trying to work with little info in these fields.

[@ThinkAnomalous]

It's a hard one to rationalize!

[@Von_Lipstick]

So stoked to see this! One of my all time favorite cases, for so many reasons

[@GiovanniPietro9000]

"This is the scariest moment in my life" would come to my mind if I ever encountered this thing.

[@ThinkAnomalous]

Something interesting about the psychology of young children is that they don't have a fully-formed and rigid idea of what's physically possible, and what's impossible. Seeing something so bizarre is not actually as terrifying to children seven or under as it is to us.

[@GiovanniPietro9000]

@@ThinkAnomalous That's true.

[@koyore]

New sub. Wonderful video! The illustrations used for the story are just gorgous! Well done!💗💐

[@MicrowaveJellyfish]

Great stuff as usual, thanks for including all the sources!

[@belindachappstikheiresstot5346]

This was done very well! Satisfying story telling, awesome visuals 🙏

[@mikesmusicden]

This case has always been one of the more perplexing ones that I have read about. This one and the report of the family with the talking mongoose called Gef. Both cases seem to be an amalgamation of several different paranormal themes, yet with credible witnesses who never wavered on their stories. Very interesting....