Dozens of students sparked mass panic as they descended on a university campus to hunt CLOWNS.
Rumours spread online that the bizarre creepy clown phenomenon sweeping the US had hit Penn State University .
Hundreds of rioting students ran through the streets, chanting as they hunted for the circus characters.
Addison Carson posted a video on Twitter showing a mob at the scene.
He wrote: “3 Clowns spotted at PSU allegedly. So naturally 6,000 kids mob the streets to hunt it down. I love Penn State.”
3 Clowns spotted at PSU allegedly. So naturally 6,000 kids mob the streets to hunt it down. I love Penn State pic.twitter.com/P4xYx0nVhs
— Addison Carson (@AddiCarson) October 4, 2016
Students armed with tennis rackets, lacrosse sticks, baseball bats and hockey sticks scoured the area hoping to spot the creepy clown, OnwardState.com reported.
A 'Penn State Clown' Twitter account even popped up during the riots posting spoof updates on the fugitive funnyman.
Damn y'all I was just tryna scoop some snacks from Redifer. Penn state gives no loves to their clown students.
— Penn State Clown (@pennstateclown) October 4, 2016
You know how hard it is to run in these floppy ass shoes?
— Penn State Clown (@pennstateclown) October 4, 2016
Can y'all stop yelling? I gotta get my beauty sleep. This nose don't stay this red by itself
— Penn State Clown (@pennstateclown) October 4, 2016
The pandemonium in Pennsylvania came as it emerged that British schoolchildren are being terrorised by cruel pranksters who are dressing up as clowns and jumping out from behind bushes as part of the bizarre craze.
Police are trying to identify those responsible for the menacing stunts - thought to be inspired by the incidents in America - and have warned against copycats after children across Newcastle were left "incredibly distressed".
Northumbria Police said they have received six separate reports since Friday, leaving parents and teachers very concerned.
No one had been attacked in those incidents, but there have been further reports of clowns chasing people down the street.
The craze started in the US this summer and has been fuelled by social media and online videos, with more than a dozen people being arrested for silly stunts or threats.
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Northumbria Police Inspector Stephen Wykes said: "The people carrying out these pranks may think they're being funny but it is leaving a number of young people incredibly distressed.
"Parents of the children affected, and teachers at our local schools, are understandably concerned and we are working very closely with them as this is not something we want to see happening in our local community.
"There has only been a handful of these incidents, which we think have been inspired by a trend in America, but we are keen to stop them before they cause anyone else further distress.
"We are keen to identify those people who are dressing up as clowns so we can speak to them about their conduct and establish whether any criminal offence has taken place."
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police on 101.
The hoax craze in the US took off in August after police in the state of South Carolina received a number of reports that people dressed as clowns were trying to lure children .
Since then there have been reports across the country and elsewhere in the world of creepy clowns leaping out of bushes to scare passers-by, lurking in parks or woodland , or even chasing people.
The sinister trend has carried over onto social media, with a number of reports of people setting up Twitter or Facebook accounts as clowns and making threats to attack schools.
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