[[Tập tin:The Evil Clown.jpg|nhỏ|phải|Một người ăn mặc như một chú hề ác]]
'''Sự xuất hiện các chú hề vào năm 2016''' đề cập đến sự cố liên quan đến việcsự nhậnxuất diệnhiện những người ăn mặc như những anh hề kinh dị tại các địa điểm không thích hợp, chẳng hạn như gần các khu rừng và các trường học. Những sự việcxuất hiện của họ đã được báo cáo lần đầu tại Hoa Kỳ và sau đó ở các nước phương Tây khác từ tháng 8 năm 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Creepy clown sightings reported in more communities in South Carolina|url=http://fox8.com/2016/09/02/creepy-clown-sightings-reported-in-more-communities-in-south-carolina/|publisher=WJW (TV)|access-date=September 3, 2016}}</ref><ref name="nytimes article">{{cite news|last1=Rogers|first1=Katie|title=Creepy Clown Sightings in South Carolina Cause a Frenzy|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/31/us/creepy-clown-sightings-in-south-carolina-cause-a-frenzy.html?_r=0|website=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=NYTimes.com|accessdate=September 3, 2016|date=August 30, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=McGurty|first1=Frank|last2=Prentice|first2=Chris|title=Clown sightings spook South Carolina, perplex police|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/clown-sightings-spook-south-carolina-perplex-police-202822588.html|website=[[Yahoo!]]|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=September 3, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Harris|first1=Chris|title=South Carolina Police Chief to Creepy Clowns: 'The Clowning Around Needs to Stop'|url=http://www.people.com/article/south-carolina-police-chief-says-clowning-around-needs-to-stop|website=People|publisher=People.com|accessdate=September 3, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/killer-clowns-inside-the-terrifying-hoax-sweeping-america-w442649|title='Killer Clowns': Inside the Terrifying Hoax Sweeping America|date=2016-09-30|author=Zuppello, Suzanne|publisher=''[[Rolling Stone]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/05/clown-sightings-south-carolina-alabama|title=Clown sightings: the day it all began|date=2016-10-05|author=Teague, Matthew|publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newson6.com/story/33402994/pryor-woman-attacked-by-woman-two-men-wearing-clown-masks|title=Pryor Woman Attacked By Woman, Two Men Wearing Clown Masks|date=2016-10-16|publisher=KOTV-DT}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Why I am a 'killer clown'|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37612735|agency=BBC|date=25 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/mysterious-clowns-terrorizing-california-city/story?id=26157014|title=Mysterious Clowns Terrorizing California City|first=A. B. C.|last=News|date=13 October 2014|publisher=|accessdate=21 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/creepy-clown-trespasses-in-chicago-cemetery_us_55b2810ae4b0224d88322911|title=Creepy Clown Menaces Chicago Cemetery|first1=David Moye|last1=Reporter|first2=The Huffington|last2=Post|date=24 July 2015|publisher=|accessdate=21 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11726226|title=Clown president: 'We don't want to scare people'|author=|date=10 October 2016|publisher=New Zealand Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/85198339/waikato-clown-attacks-no-laughing-matter|title=Circus clown: Stop giving us a bad name|author=|date=|work=stuff.co.nz}}</ref> và các chuyện liên quan đến chú hề bị ảnh hưởng vì sự kiện này.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11726932|title=How the creepy clown craze is killing the entertainment profession|author=Vanessa Brown|date=11 October 2016|publisher=New Zealand Herald|accessdate=12 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11727159|title=McDonald's: Ronald McDonald keeping a lower profile|author=|date=12 October 2016|publisher=New Zealand Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11727427|title=Clown craze: It's going to peak, it's going to be here in New Zealand|author=Patricia Greig|date=|work=NZ Herald}}</ref><ref>[http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/killer-clown-suits-selling-out-12019149 Fancy dress shop say their costume was used in 'killer clown' prank] Retrieved October 2016</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iFd5kP_ZeSE|title=Creepy Clowns - Song|first=|last=Side Project Random|date=26 September 2016|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DTclyx0-xgI|title=clown panic song 2016|first=|last=sillykidssong|date=11 October 2016|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/creepy-clown-epidemic-clown-porn-searches-are-way-up-according-to-pornhub|title=Clown Porn Searches Have Skyrocketed Thanks to the Creepy Clown Epidemic|first=Tony|last=Merevick|date=13 October 2016|work=thrillist.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/armed-trick-or-treating-florida-halloween_us_5816fe9de4b064e1b4b33a28|title=Creepy Clown Threat Prompts Spooked Floridians To Trick-Or-Treat While Armed|author=Lee Moran|work=The Huffington Post|date=31 October 2016|accessdate=1 November 2016}}</ref> Đây là những người hóa trang làm các anh hề quái dị để mà làm cho các người khác sợ hãi. <ref>[http://www.nzz.ch/panorama/horror-clowns-sorgen-fuer-schrecken-wer-steckt-hinter-dem-grinsenden-gesicht-ld.124632 ''Horror-Clowns sorgen für Schrecken: Die Abgründe hinter der Clown-Maske''] In: ''[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]'' vom 3. November 2016</ref>
