Sam the Sandown Clown

"HELLO AND I AM ALL COLOURS SAM" - The supposed introduction of a 7-foot-tall, seemingly biomechanical entity spotted on the Isle of Wight in 1973. Sam the Sandown Clown has long been a favourite cryptid of mine, due in part to the sheer surreality of this sighting. Allegedly encountered by two young girls while they were playing on the swampy shores of Lake Common, Sandown, this creature was described as having triangular eyes, square nose and yellow lips, on a face that sat directly on his...