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Sep 4, 2025 43 min

#280 Sandown Clown

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The extraterrestrial comedy podcast where we probe a case that gives Mr Moonalker a Tingle, the Sandown Clown. During 1973 on the Isle of Wight in the UK, a clown-like figure invited two children in to its hut before eating in front of them in a most peculiar way. A thirty minute conversation is alleged to have ensued before the parties said their goodbyes. BUFORA were on the scene to investigate. Did they find the truth? Was this creature a mixture of Pennywise and a TeleTubby? All that and more on this week’s file. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/butitwasaliens Store: https://butitwasaliens.co.uk/shop/ Probe us: Email: [email protected] Instagram/Threads @ ButItWasAliens Twitter @ ButItWasAliens Facebook: @ ButItWasAliens - join Extraterrestrial Towers Music: Music created via Garageband. Additional music via: https://freepd.com - thank you most kindly good people. Sources: Curious Archive: https://www.curiousarchive.com/sam-the-sandown-clown-alien-man-in-black-or-folie-a-deux/ Obscuran Legend: https://obscurban-legend.fandom.com/wiki/The_Sandown_Clown On The Wight: https://onthewight.com/the-sandown-clown-exploring-sam-the-isle-of-wights-surreal-1973-encounter/ Etsy link to buy your own All Colours Sam the Sandown Clown (active as of 08/10/2024): https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1012392616/sam-of-all-colors-sam-the-sandown-ghost Oliver, Norman. (1978) ‘Ghost or Spaceman ‘73.’ BUFORA Journal. 7(5): pp.10-13. Available via: https://bufora.org.uk/documents/BUFORAJournalVolume6No.5JanFeb1978.pdf Second link at: https://dn790002.ca.archive.org/0/items/BUFORA_Journal_Volume_06_No_05_JanFeb_1978/BUFORA_Journal_Volume_06_No_05_JanFeb_1978.pdf Accessed: 08/10/2024.

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