Suspicious Clown Sightings Under Investigation By Pennsylvania State Police

An outbreak of suspicious clown sightings reported across the country has spread to Pennsylvania, where state police are investigating.

State police in Huntington County filed a report stating a clown sighting is currently under investigation there. The incident involved "unknown actor(s) dressed as a clown." No threats were made, police said, and no description of the clown was provided.

Nonetheless, Pennsylvania State Police warned residents "if you observe an individual dressed as a clown on your property or along county roadways you are encouraged to call State Police."

The incident isn't the only one involving allegedly creepy clowns in Pennsylvania in recent days.

Earlier this week, authorities in Schuylkill County were investigating a report of clowns harassing children near a playground.

“A clown started chasing us up here and turned around and went back to the woods. So we thought it was gone, turned around, broke a stick and threw it at us and started calling us, cursing at us, it was scary,” a girl identified as only Brianne told WNEP. “Yes, a clown did this.”

And in Cambria County on Monday, a "creepy clown in a teal outfit" was reportedly peeking in someone’s window, state police in Ebensburg said, according to a report by The Tribune-Democrat.

The Pennsylvania incidents are among a broader rash of odd clown sightings nationwide.

Reports of clowns trying to lure children into the woods were recently under investigation in Greenville, South Carolina. Other sightings have been reported in Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky and Maryland. However, authorities believe many of these reports are unsubstantiated, the Washington Post says.

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