Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe OAK BROOK, Ill., April 9 (UPI) -- Police thought a man dressed as Ronald McDonald may have been casing two Chicago-area restaurants this week but McDonald's says it was the real clown. The manager of a McDonald's in Braidwood, Ill., called police after a man claiming to be the fast-food chain's corporate mascot showed up unannounced and began greeting customers at a drive-through next to a cash register. Advertisement The clown was asked to return to the restaurant's public area. A short time later, the clown popped at a McDonald's in Coal City, Ill., and mingled with patrons. McDonald's officials contacted by police said it was all a misunderstanding. "It was meant to be a fun surprise for customers," spokeswoman Juile Pottebaum told the Chicago Tribune. A check of the license plates on the clown's van showed it was registered to a McDonald's in Chicago.
