UK clowns are up in arms about impostors who are tarnishing their name by scaring people in public places.
The copycat craze - believed to have been started by a man known on Facebook as the Northampton Clown - involves people dressing as the circus characters to surprise passers-by in public places.
Derbyshire police received 29 reports of clown sightings after social media claims that a man in the Nottingham area was dressing up and carrying balloons and a knife.
One report read: "Caller scared as someone had tried to get in to their house - posted on Facebook that a clown had been going around village trying door handles."
Another said: "Caller reported having received numerous calls from concerned parents about a clown going up to the windows of houses brandishing a gun and knife frightening the residents."
Tony Eldridge, the secretary of Clowns International, which represents the entertainers in Britain, said the problem had escalated beyond harmless fun.
"The fear of clowns - coulrophobia - is a real thing and some people will react very badly to this.
"This has nothing to do with clowning. It's a small group of people with stupid views and it spoils the fun for everybody else."
He added that most legitimate entertainers followed a code of clown conduct which includes not wearing their costume in public.
The trend emerged when the Northampton Clown, who posts photos of himself in public places, rose to prominence and gained nearly 200,000 "likes" on Facebook.
Last month Norfolk police told the public to ignore clowns after sightings around King's Lynn.
These included a person in a "full clown outfit" with a red suit and red hair chasing members of the public.
South Yorkshire police recorded 28 incidents involving people dressed as clowns.
These included a clown standing in a park, jumping out at somebody in the street and staring through the window of a house.
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