Next to a dirt road in Marion County, lurking behind a patch of tall grass, stood a clown with stringy orange hair and a pale, white face.

“We stopped to record and then he started to move so we took off,” Facebook user Caden Parmelee wrote in a video post that has now gone viral. “Not trying to die today.”

The creepy clown sighting is one of many that have taken the nation by storm. The sinister trend appears to have started in South Carolina, where reports of suspicious clowns luring children into the woods have deputies on high alert. Since then, creepy clown sightings have popped up in Alabama, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and North Carolina, NPR reports.

In some cases, the clowns harass and yell at young children and teenagers. In others, they simply stand up in public, making others feel uncomfortable.

The clown sighting in Marion County hasn’t been the only eerie clown appearance in Florida. On Sunday evening, two clowns were seen in Palm Bay by a woman walking her dog.

“I never run but I turned and ran back to my home as fast as I can,” Kelly Reynolds told Florida Today. “These clowns have to go away.”

The motivation behind the clown cameos remains unclear, but police are warning residents about the dangers the trend can cause.

“Dressing as a clown and driving, walking or standing in public can create a dangerous situation for you and others,” Barbourville Police Department said in a Facebook post.

Authorities have also expressed that dressing up as a clown and scaring someone could end up with someone getting shot.

“A person could think that they’re about to get robbed,” Lt. Mike Bandish of the Palm Bay Police Department said in a report.