Over the past couple weeks, clowns have been out across the nation (and they’re not the friendly, birthday party kind). Videos have been surfacing all across social media of clowns walking up to people and terrorizing them with all sorts of insane items. The craze started in Greenville, SC with reports of clowns luring children into the woods. Since then, numerous allegations have surfaced of clown sightings and attacks. This phenomenon has spread all across the USA with stories coming out of California, Ohio, Alabama, Georgia, etc.

Many of the sightings have led to arrests, but police are saying that most of the calls they receive don’t actually turn out. Most of the time people call the police to turn in a clown sighting without having actually seen a clown. The videos all over Twitter indicating the existence of “killer clowns” present a bigger problem. They often show a car driving up to the clown, and the clown running after the car with a knife in hand. While scary, these videos could be fabricated and staged. It’s difficult to trust videos on social media these days because everyone wants to be part of the viral craze.

Clowns have also been targeting schools and posing threats to them. There have been posts to Twitter promising to vandalize and terrorize students at high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools across America. This has led to many arrests, too. Some of the incidents have led to people being charged with felonies for ensuing panic or threatening the public.

As we come closer to Halloween, many are scared that the “Clown Craze” will continue to grow. This could make Halloween unsafe because anyone can dress up and terrorize the kids trick-or-treating this year. In any case, I want this fad to end because I already hated clowns, who needs to think about them going around and stabbing people?