While ISIS has been successfully recruiting radicalized lone wolves, there is something else going on and clowns are being recruited mysteriously. They are moving past just looking creepy in the parks and woods and have begun scaring people in more populated locations. Who, how and why are clowns being radicalized?

The official name for the fear of clowns is called coulrophobia. Coulro is a Greek word that means, “one who goes on stilts.” Symptoms include sweating, nausea, feelings of dread, fast heartbeat, crying or screaming, and anger at being placed in situations where clowns are present. Treatment is simply staying away from clowns.

What can possibly be radicalizing these clowns? Why are they targeting people with the clown phobia condition? These clowns are so creepy, that pretty much anyone should be afraid.

In a bizarre report of “killer clowns” emerging in three new states, as Virginia, Florida and Colorado Fox News reports that Internet rumors and reported sightings have left several towns shaken.

Residents and authorities in Palm Bay, Florida., have been on high alert since a resident reported seeing two “creepy clowns” staring at her from across a road as she walked her dog. And in Marion County, Fla., deputies are concerned after it emerged that a Facebook viral video, depicting a clown standing silently on the side of the road in the dark, had been filmed along a main thoroughfare in the area.

Me and Christian ran into this clown while driving on the dirt road in OPE. We stopped to record and then he started to move so we took off. Not trying to die today. In Ocala Fl idk if kids are playing or what but whatever needs to chill. People out side their house were looking at him also Posted by Caden Munro Parmelee on Thursday, September 22, 2016

In Henrico County, Va., a mother and daughter captured a “creepy clown” leering at them from another car during rush hour.

A local report from Fox 5 says that a man dressed as a clown was arrested after police say he was scaring people at a Newnan, GA Walmart. Rodney Allen Byram of Alabama was charged with disorderly conduct.

Ashley Glass called police on Byram after he reportedly made gestures and shot birds at her.

“He came in front of my car and was actually on the pole at Walmart, then when he walked off he shot me two birds. I said ‘Something is wrong with this clown’” said Glass.

“I’ve been hearing about the clowns and as soon as we pull up in Walmart, I look down and there’s a clown. I was like maybe this is real,” she added.

Police arrived on the scene and arrested Byram, who was still in his clown suit. Police body cam video shows Byram pleading with an officer.

“Sir, I was not scaring people. I promise, I was not scaring nobody,” Byram could be heard telling the officer.

He told police he did not know it was illegal to scare someone.

Glass was able to get a few pictures of the incident. She said she saw all the clown mania on social media, but was terrified when she saw it happen in front of her. Glass said she called police after he started making gestures, making her nervous.

“He came in front of my car and was actually on the pole at Walmart, then when he walked off he shot me two birds. I said ‘Something is wrong with this clown’” Glass said.

Police arrived and arrested Byram, the man in the clown suit. In police body cam video, you can hear Byram plead with officer.

“Sir, I was not scaring people. I promise, I was not scaring nobody,” Byram could be heard saying on the recording.

But other customers painted a different story and Byram was hauled off to the Coweta County Jail.

Clown Sightings Are In Multiple States

Last week, in Portsmouth, Ohio, police took a hard stance after receiving a report about someone dressed as a clown, holding an ax, and staring at bystanders in the city.

Portsmouth Police Captain Lynn Brewer told WSAZ, “If you’re going to engage in this activity, you better be very cautious because if you break the law we will take enforcement action against you,” Brewer warned that dressing like a clown and also holding a weapon while in public could lead to an arrest under the charges of inducing panic or disorderly conduct. Isn’t that clown terrorism?

Middlesboro police catch man in scary clown costume. More on @WKYT @WYMT pic.twitter.com/cVvTQNqikx — Phil Pendleton (@philtvnews) September 23, 2016

The clown trend has more legs……..

Last week at least two schools in Alabama went on lockdown after a social media posts and phoned-in threat warned clowns might show up at two Birmingham area schools.

And two Kentucky cities, Glasgow and Bowling Green, have also been visited by radicalized clowns. “If you place anyone in fear of immediate harm, that is menacing, a Class A misdemeanor,” Glasgow Police Lt. Jimmy Phelps told the Bowling Green Daily News.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol has also put out a notice for citizens to be on the lookout for clowns attempting to lure children into the woods. Residents are to report any suspicious clown activity.

In light of the clown threat to Greeley schools, we have a warning: clown threats are no laughing matter! #WeldDA https://t.co/c35ZXTqYqU pic.twitter.com/BjNSNz6mY0 — Weld County DA (@WeldCountyDA) September 27, 2016

Weld County says impersonating a clown for nefarious purposes is a felony and could carry with it a jail sentence of up to 18 months.

This clown movement and their sudden radicalization is disturbing. What else can one say?

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