Long before they donned big feet and balloon pants for children's birthday parties, clowns were strictly adult entertainment. Yep, clowns were cultural pranksters long before they morphed into merry fools. So why should we be surprised that clowns are back to being creepy? Ahead of Halloween, officials are warning parents to rethink costume choices as menacing clowns increasingly terrorize people around the country. Then again, the uncanny clown sightings might be more figment of the imagination than genuine fright.

Source: Washington Post October 06, 2016 11:04 UTC