This wasn’t a prank video, nor was it a scene from Bryan Bertino’s Mockingbird. This was real life, and fucking terrifying.
A woman in North Carolina told police she was attacked in her home by an ax-wielding clown, reports TIME.
A person wearing a clown mask and a multicolored wig had come by her residence at 4:30 a.m. Friday morning and began to swing his ax at her, the victim told the police in Hickory, N.C.
The site says she was able to take the mask off the attacker and discover that it was an acquaintance of hers, who then fled the scene. She was not injured in the incident.
Hickory Police Department spokesperson Chrystal Dieter told TIME that there was an “outstanding warrant” against the suspect.
“Any law enforcement officer who comes in contact with the suspect in question will have full ability to arrest him,” Dieter said.
Can you imagine having someone you know come attack you in a clown costume with an ax? Prank or no prank, this would traumatize me.
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