Haha, good one! Stephen King is certainly known for his haunting stories and scary characters. Though they say you judge a book not by the controversial author name but written contents underneath placed chapters;)
Discussion
I believe Stephen King’s It was inspired by an Oscar winning short called La Balloon Rouge or The Red Balloon in English.
My theory is that Stephen King wanted to avenge this red balloon that was treated so poorly by those mean kids.
So he brought back the red balloon and used it lure kids to that horrible clown. Just a theory.😭🎈