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- (man) So we're playing Pokemon at Sims Park,
and there's this [bleep] dude over here. - (man 2) He's moving.
- (man 1) Oh shit, he's moving. - (man 2) Hurry up.
- Oh my god, there's a guy.
- (man 1) He's hiding.
- Does he have a mask on?
- (man 2) No. He's moving. He's walking.
- (man 1) Is he wearing a [bleep] clown mask?
- (intrigued) Oh, it's the clowns.
- It's a clown. It's a freaking clown.
- Kids have been talking about this.
What is up with these clown masks? Is it real?
- That is creepy.
- That's not allowed to ever be at a park at night
ever, never, ever. No.
- (man 1) [Bleep] hell. - (man 2) Go on.
- Holy crap, dude.
- No. See, no. (giggling) No!
- Is the [bleep] clown, man? - (man) What that [bleep]?
- Shit, dude.
- (man) No way. - This stuff's so awesome.
- Yeah, I think I'd be a little creeped out
if I saw somebody in a clown mask.
- Oh my god.
That's so creepy.
- I don't like that. This is a horrible phenomenon. Horrible.
- (man) I'm just chillin' here at the Dunkin' Donuts, right?
And then I look up,
and then I see this [bleep] clown right there.
- (laughing) That's amazing.
- Wow, how did he get up there? This is real. This is happening.
- (man) What the hell?
- Yeah, this is the latest phenomenon, I guess.
- Uh-uh. Mm-mm. I'm fighting.
- (woman) Gabe? You're kidding.
- Right in the middle of the road. That is scary.
- (Gabe) No. - Is that--
- (woman) Are you doing this to scare me?
This is a joke. - Wait. Dude, no!
- (woman) Are you doing this to scare me? This is a joke.
(screaming) - No! No! No!
- Oh my gosh, no. Uh-uh.
I'll tell you right now, I'm over.
- You don't go at 'em. I like the ones where they sit back,
and they just mind their own business.
- Is that a prank? Did he do that to her?
- I'm assuming it's real,
because the people are really reacting like they're scared.
It doesn't seem set up.
- (man) So Patrick and I--
- Oh no. There's a brother. Okay.
- (man) I swear to-- - Not as scary in the daytime.
- (man) We just saw a clown.
What the [bleep]?
- Just chilling on a bridge.
- [Bleep], dude.
- Kill it. Kill it with fire.
- (man) Yo, what the [bleep] you doing, man?
It's 7:30 in the morning. Have you heard about all this shit?
People are freaking out about this.
- These clowns are everywhere right now.
- (man) Dude, does he have a [bleep] knife?
- What? They said he had a knife?
That's not smart.
- If he starts running, oh my gosh.
- (man) Dude, what-- - Is he running?
Oh my gosh, he's running.
- It's kinda creepy. It's scary.
Those could be predators.
It could be, you know, people are trying to harm our kids.
(people speaking in French)
- Is that in a different country?
- So this is a global clown thing.
- There are French clowns too. Damn it.
(people speaking in French)
- (snickers) What's he grabbing? Oh crap.
- What's he getting?
- Shit, dude. Hell no.
- Chainsaw? Chainsaw would be good.
Oh, it's a chainsaw.
- Oh no. Uh-uh. No.
No, no, no, no, no. No.
No! No!
What is this?
- I think I would've hit him with my car at that point.
- So this is international stuff. Oh boy. We got a problem.
- (man) Basically, I've, um, seen this clown.
I wanna walk home, but he's standing in the way.
'Ey, what you doing, mate?
- I don't know why people keep walking towards 'em.
The video should be them going the opposite direction.
- (man) All right, [bleep] this.
- I wanna see-- oh, there he goes.
Yeah, that's right.
- Yeah, there it is.
- Go get him.
(chuckling)
- (applauding) I'm proud of you.
- (man kisses) When you've got your bud with you.
It's all good.
- Not such a tough clown now.
- Are they really just trying to scare you, or is it serious?
I mean, that's the scary part.
- (man) Oh, this [bleep] - Oh, I saw this.
- (man) It's a [bleep] clown! - Oh my-- oh!
(laughing)
- (man) It's a [bleep] clown! - (laughing)
- (laughing) That is a good one.
That's the best one so far that clown has committed.
- I've never seen so many clowns in my life, man.
- Dude, what's going on?
Halloween's gonna be freakin' madness.
It's gonna be T. rexes and clowns everywhere, dude.
- My son asked me if he could be a clown for Halloween this year.
I was like, "Do you want to die? People are gonna attack you.
No, no, no."
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- (FBE) Talk about what you knew about this clown sighting trend
before we showed you these videos?
- I didn't know about the videos,
but I have been reading news stories where
people are saying clowns are at the edge of woods.
- I actually just saw news stories.
And it went from just clowns being spotted, doing whatever,
to now clowns are really freaking people out.
- My kids have told me, "Have you heard about the clowns?
There's this whole clown sensation."
- I've read a lot about these kind of incidents that happen,
and it's really very alarming for us as parents.
- (FBE) So this recent string of sightings
started a few months back, actually in the South.
But then people out in the world starting finding them
and filming them, like the videos that we showed you.
It's not just in the U.S.
It's in other countries as well now too.
So as a parent, what do you think about this happening?
- As a parent,
that is a scary thing, 'cause there are crazy people out there.
- I would warn my kids not to go somewhere
where they're not familiar.
- It's just one more reason
to have to keep your kids locked inside.
Now my kids are a little bit older.
They're old enough to walk to the park.
They're old enough to walk to the corner store.
But now there's clowns.
- I just recently heard of a few of them
going onto school campuses
and scaring the hell out of little kids and stuff like that.
That's too much.
- As a parent, it's a good opportunity
to just teach your kids some common sense.
But that is the thing with the internet.
Things are gonna become sensation and get popular.
- I think it's a stupid trend.
But I mean, we've always been doing stupid trends
since the beginning of time, before YouTube. So why stop now?
- (FBE) So with all the news stories and videos surfacing,
people are debating about which one of these is real
and which one of these is fake. So what do you think?
- Some of them look fake.
- Honestly, dude, the bus. That can't be real.
- It might be mixed in a little bit
with maybe a group that actually is showing up
and organizing to be able to do this.
- I've heard it's possibly a marketing gimmick.
I think they're re-releasing It.
- You can never tell who's real and who's not.
You might approach one, and it's a knife.
And then the next thing you know, you're gone.
- I think most are fake,
just because of my experience as a police officer.
I got a radio call in the Hollywood area
of a clown armed with a gigantic ax.
So I go over there, and I see the clown.
His mask was off. He was chatting with people.
And they basically tell us that it's fake.
And so the people that actually flagged us down
were people from across the street that weren't in on the joke.
- (FBE) Well, many of these threats online in these videos
are starting to alarm communities to the point
of some instances of schools actually shutting down
over reports of creepy clowns near their campuses.
Many people are saying
that these are just teenagers pulling pranks.
But if so, do you think it's okay
for these kids to be doing this?
- I don't think it's okay for people to be doing this.
Kids should not be involved in this.
- There are going to be issues with safety,
where people are going to attack these kids.
And if they're teenagers, they're not at that point
where they're thinking of those consequences.
- You're not gonna control teenagers.
So you just try and help guide them in a safe way.
Instead of telling them no, just like,
"Well, try doing it like this." That's what I recommend.
- (FBE) So finally, if you were out with your kids
and encountered one of these clowns, what would you do?
- Okay. If I encountered a clown with my kids,
I'm in Mama Bear mode, and you're now a threat to my kids.
And that takes it up to a whole new level.
- If they ran up to me, there'd be problems.
Because I am a Papa Bear, so to speak.
- If you come out at the middle of the road and I'm driving,
and you get hit, that's your own fool butt self.
The best I can do for you
is that I will call 911 when I get to the next town.
- There could be danger in anything.
But I think it's probably harmless fun.
It makes me want to go get my camera and go look for clowns.
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- Let us know in the comments
what viral trend we should react to next.
- Goodbye, guys. I'm gonna lock myself in my house
for a very long time.
- Hey, everyone. It's Dallen, associate producer here at FBE.
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