Description
Around late 1950’s, a wealthy couple who had two young children lived in a large mansion in Newport Beach, California named Oasis del Desierto.
After taking care of their kids all week, the mother and father decided that they needed a break, so they booked a table for dinner at a nice restaurant.
That evening, they called a teenage girl they knew and arranged for her to come over and babysit their children while they were out. When the babysitter arrived, the parents told her to prepare dinner for the kids and put them to bed. Afterwards, she could watch TV in their bedroom nearby because the kids had nightmares recently, so if she hears them crying, she can just go in and calm them down.
The babysitter happily agreed and the parents left for their dinner date. The girl gave the children some supper, then ushered them upstairs to bed. After putting them to sleep, she switched off the lights and went to watch TV.
When the babysitter walked into the parents bedroom and sat down, she noticed that there was a creepy-looking clown statue standing in the corner of the room. She tried to ignore it, but it looked so eerie and disturbing that it sent a chill down her spine. She felt as though its eyes were staring straight at her while she watched TV.
As time passed, the babysitter started to feel more and more uneasy about the clown statue. Whenever she glanced at it, she got the unsettling feeling that it had moved, ever so slightly. Finally, the clown statue began to freak her out so much that she couldn’t handle it any longer.
She decided to go downstairs and phone the parents. When she dialed the number they had left for her, she said that everything was fine and the kids were fast asleep in bed, but would like to watch TV downstairs. The father asked here the reason, she laughed and said the clown statue in their room was really creeping her out. The phone went silent for a moment, the father urged her to take the children and get out of the house immediately. Additionally, said that he will call the police because they don’t have a clown statue.
For a second, the babysitter just stood there, stunned. Then, she dropped the phone and raced upstairs and grabbed the children. Carrying one under each arm, she raced downstairs again and fled out into the street.
Huddled on the sidewalk, comforting the two children, the babysitter looked up at the bedroom window and saw something that made her scream out in horror. Peeking through a gap in the curtains was the white, painted face of a clown. It stared at her for a moment, then sank back into the darkness.
Within minutes, the police arrived and cautiously entered the house. In the upstairs bedroom, they found a man dressed in a clown suit. The clown turned out to be a mentally disturbed midget who was a convicted murderer and cold-blooded killer. The evil man had been living in their attic during the daytime and coming out to sneak around the house at night. For weeks, the children had been complaining about a “clown statue” that stood in their room and watched them sleep, but the parents just dismissed this as nightmares.
This incident had a traumatic impact on children, forcing the family to abandon “Oasis del Desierto” forever.