The recent rash of clown sightings reached a scary new height on Wednesday when a person dressed as a clown chased a teenager in Lakeview.

According to Nassau Police, after leaving Malverne High School at 3:05 p.m. and crossing into an opening in a fence at the dead end of Clinton Avenue, which leads into a grassy alleyway to Jefferson Avenue, a 14-year-old was approached from behind by a person who was dressed in a purple clown costume with a white mask, red wig and displaying a large kitchen knife.



After running through the alleyway onto Jefferson Avenue and continuing onto Langdon Boulevard, the teen noticed that the clown was no longer there.