Why Do Clowns Cause Hysteria

Hysteria Sweeping the Nation Have you ever been so afraid and paranoid that you jump to conclusions and never feel safe? This is the reality of today’s generation with the clown scare and was the reality of the puritans with the witchcraft. In olden times, many people became paranoid and concerned with the idea of witchcraft, so they accused the innocent if there happened to be any superstition or signs of them practicing witchcraft. Today many people are being terrorized by people dressed as clowns. There have been clown hunts held and some people have been injured. Although witches and clowns both are causing hysteria, clowns have a more rational basis for this reaction because they hold weapons to pretend like they will hurt someone, and some of them act insane or crazy just for the sole purpose of really scaring people. Clowns have a more rational basis than the witches. This is due to the fact that the clowns have been occurring in recent events all over the world and are scaring people to the point of not feeling safe outside or to the point of wanting to hurt the clowns. According to the articles “Everything You Need to Know About the ‘Clown Attack’ Craze” by Melissa Chan, clowns have been spotted trying to lure children into the forest and in
The first category is people actually dressed as clowns and acting creepy, the second is empty clown-related threats against schools, and the third is unfounded hysteria. The clown situation has grown so big and continues all over the world, it seems interminable. In a lot of the clown sightings, many have been arrested and charged with felonies. Social media is also worsening the clown hysteria because random threatening clown accounts are being made and following people all over social media. People nowadays just can’t seem to escape the