Afraid of Clowns?

Lol was just stumbling about the internet minding my own business when this site appeared. it was called www.failblog.com or something like that, it had fail pictures and this one really captured my attention

i believe this is one of the main reasons why some people are afraid of clowns.. they are just plain scary in some aspects and u can never really see behind their smiles...
some of them look funny in a evilish way and some people actually like clowns like that but then again almost 2x the people are afraid of those types of clowns. well after much research [5minutes lol] i found out the scientific reason behind people being afraid of clowns.. its called Coulrophobia lol.

"Sufferers sometimes acquire a fear of clowns after having a bad experience with one personally, or seeing a sinister portrayal of one in the media.[citation needed] A design study carried out by the University of Sheffield found that children are frightened by clown-themed décor in hospitals.[2] Coulrophobia can also be said to extend to a fear of covering up one's face with paint—the idea of hiding recognisable features under a layer of facepaint can also unsettle coulrophobia sufferers.[citation needed]" once again from wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coulrophobia