A man dressed as a clown was recently photographed near the Richmond Valley train station.

-- UPDATE: Clown conspiracy? Four men with Staten Island ties may have trolled borough --



STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Maybe he's trying to get a few laughs, but there have been several reports of a mysterious clown wandering the borough, and he seems to be spooking Staten Islanders on social media.

While it's uncertain who the person is, folks have photographed the face-painted individual wearing a yellow clown suit, white puffy collar, and trademark red nose.

This clown is also bald and was spotted holding green and yellow balloons.

Sightings have been reported by the Grasmere and Richmond Valley train stations. Two photos of the oddball have appeared on Instagram, with one showing the clown standing in front of a detour sign. Another image shows him lurking behind a tree.

One Instagram user compared the costumed character to Bozo, a former professional wrestler known as Doink, and the infamous Pennywise, from Stephen King's "It."

Westerleigh resident Vincent Innocente spotted the clown by the South Shore train station around 8 p.m. Sunday.

"He was just kinda standing there waving like he is in the picture," he said, calling it very bizarre.



Twitter users have been losing their minds over the clown's recent appearances, including Robert Privitera, who photographed the character in Grasmere.

"Bro I did a double take," he tweeted, "my heart stopped."

"The fact that there's some [expletive] dressing as a clown and roaming around Staten Island has me never wanting to leave my house," wrote @LisaCattt.

Comedian Vic Dibetto posted an R-rated video of the clown walking down Richmond Avenue in Bulls Head last week on his Facebook page.

This isn't the first time a mysterious clown made news -- last year, in Northampton, England,

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This also isn't the first time an unidentified, easy-to-spot person grabbed folks' attention on social media.

In 2011, Joel Joseph, a grinning, hip-swaying Brooklynite made headlines when he was caught by dozens of motorists dancing his way through the borough.

Have you seen this clown?

Let us know where in the comments section below -- and if you happen to stumble across his path, snap a photo and tag it on Twitter or Instagram with #siclown.