Clown hysteria has taken the country by storm, fueling both fear and fascination while prompting calls for calm from police departments and even from the master of horrors, Stephen King. The frenzy was born in South Carolina in late August after unsubstantiated reports surfaced that clowns were spotted trying to lure children into the woods. The craze has since ignited a national phenomenon, with scary clown sightings reported in more than two dozen states from Alabama to Wisconsin. While many were hoaxes, a handful of the incidents resulted in arrests: The incidents continue to stack up. Just this week, hundreds of students in Pennsylvania State University swarmed surrounding campus streets to carry out a mass clown hunt. A Connecticut school district said it is banning clown costumes and any “symbols of terror.” And an armed clown hoax temporarily put a Massachusetts college on lockdown. The issue even made it all the way to the White House, where press secretary Josh Earnest was asked about the phenomenon. Clowns have long terrified both children and adults, especially in the 1980s after Stephen King created the nightmare-inducing clown Pennywise in the horror novel, It, which was later turned into a movie. Criminologists and psychologists agree the root of the fear lies in the fact that clowns wear heavy makeup and paint extreme emotions on their faces that hide their true identity and feelings. Some police departments in the country, including the New York Police Department, have been trying to ease fears by publicly saying there are no credible clown threats. In New Haven, Conn., where school officials have banned clown costumes over a number of menacing clown-related social media posts, David Hartman, spokesman for the local police department, says authorities are “monitoring the national climate” of the frenzy but have not seen anything “tangible.” Source: http://time.com/4518456/scary-clown-sighting-attack-craze/ ************************************************************************ Sources: - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/16/clowns-scary-black-lives-matter-arizona-halloween - http://time.com/4518456/scary-clown-sighting-attack-craze/ - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4749pS--EpwsghFhsrLKyw/videos?view=0&shelf_id=1&sort=dd - https://twitter.com/ClownsSightings - https://twitter.com/Clownsightingss - https://twitter.com/CLOWN_SlGHTINGS - http://www.grunge.com/27252/scariest-clowns-caught-camera/ - http://heavy.com/news/2016/09/clown-sightings-list-which-states-cities-have-creepy-threatening-clowns-ohio-carolina-wisconsin-florida-arrests-who-where/ - https://twitter.com/ClownSighting - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/05/scary-clown-sightings-video-craze-sweeps-twitter-as-mob-goes-hun/ -https://www.facebook.com/caden.munroparmelee/videos/1164471116960366/ ********************************************************************** List: Most Disturbing Creepy Clown Sightings Ever 10. Texas - Creepy footage of a clown - Creepy Clown caught on CCTV Camera holding a giant Knife 09. Unknown Location - The video was posted by ClownsUSA here on Youtube. The Most Disturbing 'Creepy Clown' Sightings 08. Quebec, Canada - Scary Clown with a Chainsaw 07. Clinton Township, Michigan - In a video, posted to Twitter, a clown is shown eerily walking in front of a car wash 06. Lake Wales, Florida - Crazy Clown with an ax on the road 05. Michigan - A Disturbing Clown is seen standing between two trucks 04. Topeka, Kansas - Camera records a clown visiting a house in Topeka, Kansas - Topeka Kansas Video Doorbell 03. Ocala, Florida - A 10-second video posted on Facebook 02. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Clown Sightings 01. Jacksonville, Florida - Clown caught on security camera bizarrely ripping pumpkin apart on Florida porch ************************************************************************ Music Used: - ♫ Intro: ♫ "Bent and Broken" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... - ♫ Evening of Chaos Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ - ♫ Right Behind You Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ - ♫ Mysterious Moves 20 by Per Söderblom - ♫ The Cellars - Horror, Dark - Composer: Magnus Ringblom 10 Most Disturbing Pictures That Shook The World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wp5DcmqZcs 08 Strange Historical Pictures You Won't Believe Actually Happened https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXgbczcbwQI 5 Biggest Snakes In The World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwv1r7J2K4c 05 Most Terrifying Real-Life Sea Monsters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZGXiTeESb0

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