PRESLER CROWD FAIL

We tend to think of freak shows as a thing of the past. As if the days of roving carnies towing mutants in cages to entertain small town masses is from some bygone era.

Not so. 

Spooky Soctt is keeping up the lauded tradition, bouncing from city to city as he begs for you to buy his lame excuse of a book, The Persistence, which is now sold on Amazon. Tons of discounted copies are available, because barely anyone is buying it. 

His latest leg of "The Grift Through America Tour" took place this past weekend in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, where all 12 of the crisis actors that Scott paid to be there probably descended for picture opps and maybe even a meal voucher. 

Presler tried to bill the event as a success, tweeting out that he had spent "the last 3 hours" signing books. Judging by the puny crowd (or lack thereof), it sure seems like he took his time.

Based off the photos and videos Scott uploaded, we were able to spy 35 different people at the meet and greet, which, when considering The Persistence's  #40,579 bestseller ranking on Amazon, is surprisingly impressive for him. 

But here's what you have to understand: when someone's a grifter, they're whole life is one big heist. So it's impossible to verify that all these people are in fact Presler fans. For all we know, many of these are people could just be casual diners who got caught in the crossfire of Presler's media ruse. Others might've just been passing through, when they decided to get a closer look at the World's Tallest Homo. Who knows? Some of them might even be on Presler's team!

We may never know the truth, but it doesn't take away from the fact that no matter how Scott bills it, the crowd looked pathetic.