In Arkansas, a man was arrested on September 20 after taunting a store clerk and driving around in a clown mask police described as "very scary looking ... with large teeth ... and a very creepy ...

Clowns, originally crowd-pleasing entertainers, have increasingly incited panic in people who catch a glimpse of a rubber clown mask. Emerging from forests ... thing but is distorted in some way is ...

Products such as the "Happy Clown Latex Half Mask" below and scary-looking "Adult Clown Mask" above are no longer available for purchase on the Target website. Original image has been replaced.

someone jumped behind me with a clown costume and yelled at me — luckily I didn’t have a heart attack,” he said. “I had a pistol. Luckily I didn’t shoot him by mistake. This is really ...