The second thing is people don't inherently trust people who are always happy and laughing. For a lot of people, the fear of clowns actually is part of a more general fear of masked creatures.

This is really not funny.” Indeed, both local and national officials are not treating the clown phenomenon as a laughing matter. In their Facebook post Tuesday, the Israel Police vowed that ...

There'll be no more scary videos, okay? - Okay. - All right. (gentle music) (horn honking) (clown laughing) - To help protect your kids from harmful online materials, you may have to go on a rant.