Over the course of the last couple weeks clowns have been spotted wandering around various cities across the country. First seen in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Gags the clown inspired a Facebook page following him and figuring out just who or what this clown was.

Gags was spotted at 2 a.m. wandering the streets holding 3 black balloons, decked out in full clown attire and wearing full makeup. People were genuinely freaked out by these sightings and called the police. Several calls were received about the clown, but were not able to do anything about is as Gags was not technically breaking the law. Legally, according to Green Bay Police Captain Kevin Warych, people are allowed to walk down the sidewalk wearing whatever they want as long as they are in a place that does not have a closing time and are not trespassing.

One man even happened to catch security footage of Gags in action. After finding a black balloon tied to his front door, Chad Krull decided to check his security footage and found a video of the clown walking up to the camera and stopping to look directly in it. He later decided to post this video to Gag's Facebook page.

People started to speculate that this was part of a publicity stunt to bring attention to horror movies coming out this year and many claimed that this information had been confirmed by film companies. However, these were just speculations and Warner Bros., the company behind the making of the horror movie It has denied any connection between the clown sightings and the film. The company behind 31 has denied any connection as well.

Other areas of the country have started to report sightings of clowns as well. Over the past weeks Greenville, South Carolina has had multiple complaints of lurking clowns. Supposedly the clowns have been trying to lure children into the woods using bags of money and laser lights. According to BuzzFeed, since then the sightings have spread to other towns, Greensboro and Winston-Salem to name a few.

Parents are starting to get seriously worried as well. Strange events like this are unnerving for both parents and kids. No one ever wants to feel uneasy in their environment so events like this can be very upsetting to people in the area. Even to people not immediatly around it.

Even Stephen King admitted to being a little freaked out by the situation, saying, " If I saw a clown lurking under a lonely bridge (or peering up at me from a sewer grate, with or without balloons), I'd be scared, too".