In the past couple of weeks, something out of everyone's worst nightmares has become a reality all around the country. Killer clowns, yes, killer clowns, have been spotted in the woods and in the streets in numerous locations. Not only is this completely terrifying, but it's also just really strange. There are literally people dressing up as clowns and roaming around at night. This sounds like something out of a Steven King book.

So why is this happening? Why all of a sudden is there an infestation of circus freaks looming in the shadows? It's become a fad at this point, created by social media and news stories. It all started with the first report in North Carolina about a clown in the woods trying to lure children with large sums of money and candy. Now this was most likely one secluded freak who is genuinely interested in being a creepy killer clown, but since the media hype surrounding it, creepy clowns have popped up all over. Now it's definitely not likely that this one freak's bravery inspired the rest of the freaky clowns across the country to flaunt their big red noses, it's most likely become a publicity stunt or prank for most people. People see one freak on TV and all the attention he gets and they think it's funny to keep the paranoia going. Some people have even gone far enough to bring out knives with them and chase people. There have even been 12 separate clown arrests all over the United States. However, stunt or not, it is still completely terrifying and makes me second guess about walking outside alone or when it's dark out. Whether I think they're a killer clown or not, I'm not going to try to find out.

If you're one of those pranksters who's decided it'd be funny to dress up as a clown and scare the snot out of people, please second guess your decisions. No one thinks your prank is funny and you're only making yourself out to be a creep. Don't contribute to the paranoia of the creepy clown epidemic because you're only gonna hurt yourself and others. And to everyone else, like me, who is completely terrified of this, just try to remind yourself that it's probably just another fad and that the clown sightings are nothing to actually worry about. Now that doesn't mean confront a creepy clown in the street if you happen to see one because there is always that slim chance that these killer clowns are actually killer clowns who've decided to reveal themselves to the general public for some strange reason. Let's just hope that this killer clown movement doesn't last too long, and that no one gets hurt in the process.