'KILLER Clowns' are being warned to be on their guard - as now it is them who should be running scared.

Vigilantes across the globe have decide to turn the tables on the masked pranksters by letting them know their terror time is over.

12 Another clown is flattened by a vigilante Credit: YouTube

Police forces in the UK, the USA and Australia have been deluged with reports of attacks ON clowns as the public finally says enough is enough.

We have already told how groups who want to stamp out the craze have dubbed themselves ‘clown hunters’ and united on Facebook to organise patrols.

They want to hunt down the clowns and keep the streets safe, as a number of people have reported being terrified by clowns holding weapons in public.

Hundreds of volunteers have joined forces to take matters into their own hands.

And clowns remember, it's hard to run away in those shoes!!

Here are a pick of the moments when the public decided to fight back.

BAT AND FOOL...This is the moment a man films himself battering a baseball-bat wielding clown – as his pals are heard laughing in the background. The creepy clown was punched and kicked to the ground in an attack in Parramatta, Sydney.

12 The burly man confronts the clown before launching his attack Credit: YouTube/Erfanau

12 The masked fool is knocked to the ground and beaten Credit: YouTube/Erfanau

BULLET FOR BOZO....A gun-toting motorist threatened to SHOOT a ‘killer clown’ while screaming ‘leave the kids alone!’ The firearms drama happened after a car full of young men drove past the masked prankster in a residential street in Chicago.

12 The man spots the clown strolling down the street Credit: World Star Hip Hop

12 He then pulls a gun and screams 'leave the kids alone' Credit: World Star Hip Hop

TRAFFIC SLAM...A balloon waving clown can unstuck when he decided to stand in the middle of an American street and block a car full of youths. Rather than running scared the lads jumped out and battered him with a bat.

12 This clown's party was over when he was beaten by two men Credit: Internet

12 He was attacked after blocking a car from driving down the road Credit: Internet

TOOLS AND FOOLS...Thousands of tooled-up students were filmed taking to the streets to hunt down a creepy clown spotted on campus. Teens armed with bats, tennis rackets and hockey sticks were seen flooding the roads around Pennsylvania State University.

12 Thousands of Penn Uni students went clown hunting Credit: Youtube

REAL RED NOSE...A clown prankster was punched in the nose after one of his victims hit back. Wannabe YouTube star Ashley Symes decided to join the ‘creepy clown’ craze by filming himself purposely targeting young members of the public to scare in Chatham.

12 YouTube prankster Ashley Symes is served instant justice Credit: You tube

12 He's left with a bloody nose after being punched in the face Credit: You tube

CLOWN AND OUT...This is the moment a man dressed as a ‘killer clown’ is supposedly ‘bottled’ after trying to scare shoppers in London. Things go quickly wrong for the masked fool when he jumps out on the wrong man.

12 This prankster waits to leap out on an innocent shopper Credit: YouTube - TrollStation