Over the past couple of weeks, an epidemic of creepy clowns has spread throughout the nation. The first sighting was at an apartment complex in Greenville, South Carolina and has only continued to move through the south and now into other parts of the nation as well. Different reports say that the clowns have been trying to lure children into the woods with candy or loads of money. Some have even said to have been chased by them and now the threat has increased to the carrying of weapons. This entire occurrence only leaves me asking why? What purpose do these clowns have and what are they trying to achieve?

At first, I was curious to if it was some sort of new cult or group that was just looking to torment society. With Halloween coming up, this seems pretty likely but I no longer think that this is just all fun and games. Since the sightings have started, many have been making different social media accounts and contacting people and making threats. They have been creating different events on Facebook and adding much more suspense and anticipation to the entire thing. Which social media has added even more fear to the situation and caused it to spread like wildfire.

Characters such as Twisty the clown from “American Horror Story” and Pennywise from Stephen King’s IT, only teach us that clowns are something to fear. Now it's as if all of our worst nightmares are coming to life and are lurking in our own backyards which makes me wonder if this is the whole purpose. Taking on the roles of clowns causes an immediate breakthrough with people. Most of society’s natural reaction to normal circus clowns is being freaked out or uneasy, so increasing the severity to crazy killer clowns is really unimaginable. Not knowing is the worst part. Whether you don't know if they will do anything or even wondering if they are always watching. Fear is one of the strongest human emotions and this group of people are doing an amazing job by working off of this.

Hopefully, the terrorization will die down, but it still leaves you wondering what the entire point is. Is it the anticipation that they are wanting to create or is it a warning to further events? This something that we will have to wait patiently to find out.