What, that wasn't part of the act?
The accident happened Monday night as the Royal Russian Circus was performing in Scariff, County Clare, a village in western Ireland. About 100 people were in the audience, most of them children. Police said the clown was a 26-year-old man from Belarus but didn't release his name.
Witnesses said the man, dressed in a clown outfit, was hanging from a cage suspended by ropes and a hot-air balloon inside the canvas tent. When the balloon exploded in flames, the cage fell on top of the man.
Man, would I have paid good money to see that. You know, like those parents did.
As tragic as this was, let's be honest: if that clown ever got the chance, it'd kill you, and everyone you care about.
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