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The Regina Police Service has confirmed it has received three calls about so-called “creepy clowns,” as locals apparently catch on to a craze that started in the U.S. in August.

The fad sees people dress up in menacing clown outfits and act out to scare bystanders, often using real or real-looking props. It has led to arrests in the U.S. and sightings in Canada have been on the rise in recent weeks. There have been a slew of prank “clown sighting” calls to authorities wherever the craze has gone, and threats have also been made against schools.

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Police spokeswoman Elizabeth Popowich said over the past seven days, “creepy clowns” were at the centre of one suspicious person call and two calls about people carrying bladed weapons. In a confirmed incident at the 3500 block of 7th Avenue East on Monday, a youth was apprehended and warned about his future conduct.

“It turned out to be a 14-year-old who basically said he was doing it because he’d read about it on the Internet,” Popowich said.