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Armando Santana stands in the phobia section of a haunted house in Miami, Florida, on October 27, 2016. Clown costumes are still for sale despite reports of creepy clowns scaring citizens throughout the US. Maybe it's better to leave the clown costume at home in the closet this Halloween. Hysteria sweeping the United States after a series of "creepy clown" sightings in recent weeks has created an unwelcome scare this October 31, 2016, when Americans will celebrate all things ghoulish, sinister and fantastical. / AFP / RHONA WISE / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Leila MACOR, "US creepy clown craze puts damper on Halloween" (Photo credit should read RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images)