Clownselling offered in Shropshire for fear of clowns

Roll up! Roll up! A circus arrived in a Shropshire town over the weekend, but bosses had to put on special counselling sessions to help people with a fear of clowns. Roll up! Roll up! A circus arrived in a Shropshire town over the weekend, but bosses had to put on special counselling sessions to help people with a fear of clowns. To help those with the phobia overcome their fears, bosses at John Lawson's Circus invited people in Market Drayton for "clownselling" sessions with their clowns Kakehole and Popol. The circus was held in the field opposite Muller dairy on Saturday and Sunday and attracted hundreds of people. Experts say coulrophobia, the fear of clowns, is believed to be caused by a subconscious fear of the unknown. Read more in today's Shropshire Star