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Clown sightings: Industry 'devastated' by prank craze
The "killer clown" craze has sent shockwaves through the clowning industry, according to professionals.
Mattie Faint, who has been a professional clown for 45 years, told Victoria Derbyshire it was frightening and sad that pranksters could "ruin" a child's imagination.
Police have been inundated with reports of "creepy clowns" jumping out and chasing people since the phenomenon spread to the UK from the United States.
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