The Clowns in the Woods - Hardcoverby Andrew Shaffer (Illustrator), Andrew Shaffer (Author) Based on terrifying true accounts! In August 2016, a clown was seen lurking in the woods of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Through October of that year, sightings of clowns in forests spread across the United States and into Canada, eventually reaching the shores of Australia, England, and 14 other countries. While some were revealed to be hoaxes, in most cases the clowns disappeared just as mysteriously