Creepy clown phenomenon hits Salisbury

phenomenon”. people — wearing the costumes, masks, and wigs — prowling neighborhoods — scaring whoever who happens along their paths. and now — it’s made its way to delmarva. over the past several weeks — there have been social media posts — documenting alleged sightings. but now — a case popped up in salisbury — which police say is no laughing matter. 47 abc’s ashonti ford spoke to folks in the area where the clowns were spotted. according to salisbury residents at pemberton manor apartmentson fairground drive — clowns have been coming onto the property harassing people for the past two days. they were just running after us reporter: how many of them were there? bisheri jacobs: like 6 4th grader bisheri jacobs lives in pemberton manor and he says the clowns came from pemberton elementary school located alongside the apartment building. jacobs said he and his friends were chased down the block by the clowns but luckily they were able to get inside of their homes before they caught them. we stood outside talking to jacobs and his friends for about five minutes before managers and security of pemberton apartments approached us – asking us to leave the property. salisbury police are taking these reports very seriously. 1:08 we’ve been continuing our extra patrol in the area to one: identify these clowns and try to eliminate this behavior from going any further 1:18 we are a little concerned as a community in this point in time that this could kind of get out of control a little bit 1:26 salisbury police departments’ captain kaiser goes on to say that fairground drive is the only report they’ve received on these clown sightings and while dressing like a clown isn’t necessarily illegal. hiding in bushes or wooded areas with the intent of scaring citizens is a dangerous situation can lead to unintended consequences. parents of children at pemberton manor say they hope this is just a silly prank that stops today. ashonti ford 47 abc. some of the social media posts claim clowns have been spotted around laurel — the salisbury zoo — and the fruitland walmart. if you do spot this kind of activity in salisbury — police ask that you call 410- 548- 31-65. find these stories and more online – just logon to 47 abc-dot-com.