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COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. -- It's probably just a prank, but social media accounts have been popping up with photos of clowns you might not want to run into.

One saying he planned to pay a visit this week to Schilling Farms Middle School

“There was like one clown hiding behind the trees, by the portables,” sixth grader Anthony Bell told us.

WREG’s Wayne Carter asked the boy if he saw the clown and he replied, “Yes.” adding that students started running.

What may seem silly to some is starting to become an issue. Students at Alcy Elementary reported spotting a clown hanging near campus weeks ago.

There was another sighting near Frayser Elementary. It’s robbing kids of classroom time and taking police off the beat to deal with clown calls.

“You don't want to put yourself in a position to be hurt when you're trying to pull a prank,” Louis Brownlee of Memphis Police told WREG a few weeks ago.

Clowns make people feel differently.

“It's someone wanting attention, that's all it is, people wanting attention,” said Anthony Bell.

Summer Collins is more hesitant.

“It's that movie by Stephen King, “it,” That's all I can think of when I see clowns it's very scary.”