There have been at least two scary clown sightings in Marion County in recent days. And one of the reports appears tied to a Facebook video that has gone viral, having been viewed 750,000 times as of 2:30 p.m. Saturday.



On Thursday night, the first caller contacted the Marion County Sheriff’s Office about seeing a creepy clown in Ocala Park Estates.



Caden Munro Parmelee posted a video to Facebook apparently shot from a vheicle and showing someone in a clown mask standing in tall grass.



"Me and Christian ran into this clown while driving on the dirt road in OPE," Parmelee wrote on the post. "We stopped to record and then he started to move so we took off. Not trying to die today."



He wrote that he didn't know "if kids are playing or what but whatever needs to chill."



A man answering a phone Saturday for one of Parmelee's workplace listings on Facebook said he is Parmelee's father and Parmelee is a minor. He told the reporter he doesn't want to be harassed.



On Saturday morning, the Ocala Police Department received a call about a clown being spotted in the northeast section of the city.



Law enforcement officials said that, if the clown is not committing a crime, there is nothing they can do.

In the past week or so, news media have reported creepy clowns sightings in several Southern states, Ohio and Pennsylvania.