 Reports of creepy clown sightings across the country have people on edge. Is this creepy clown epidemic serious or just a sick joke? Police are investigating a host of reports, but what do Cal students think? Hey guys, I'm Emanuella Shaw and I'm standing on Sproul asking fellow students how they feel about the current clown sightings. So you are aware of what's been happening with the current clown sightings? Oh yeah, definitely. Do you personally feel like you're in danger? No, I'm not really too worried by it. It's just like, it's an interesting thing that's going on. I don't think anyone's really been hurt by it. I wouldn't necessarily say that I feel in danger walking around campus or like in like the streets of Berkeley. I just think it's kind of unfortunate, just the hysteria that these types of events cause. I do sometimes feel endangered by that because I like to work late on campus but sometimes it's a matter of like, hey do I want to get mugged or like shot by a clown today or like do I want to go to school typing? Yeah I think everyone's in danger. I mean it doesn't matter if you're a guy or a girl if there's people who you know have guns and knives and I think everyone's at risk. What would you do if you saw a clown? I would probably report it and I just don't really appreciate how people just think it's like, people take it as like a joke. If I was like with friends I would go, I would try to go beat it up but like if I was by myself I'd probably just like walk away. Okay. Like there's not much it can really do to me unless it has like a gun right? I feel like it's definitely a flight situation like between fight or fight just flight like go, run, call for help, do whatever you need to do. Do you think what's happening nationally is done by pranksters or do you actually think that these clowns are criminals? I think to an extent it's kind of prank based just because you get this thrill and this adrenaline by like just seeing the reaction of other people. What do you think Cal could do to protect students against clowns and criminals? I don't know where you're surrounding so as not to prevent further abuse and injuries. We definitely need more like UCPD patrols around especially not just clowns there's been like a shooting going on recently so it's really dangerous. Do you think with Halloween around the corner that the clown sightings are going to occur more often? I feel like it might, I feel like that happens usually when there's like a scary movie so I hope not, I mean I hope that no one you know gets hurt because that would be awful especially having a younger child myself. Whether this is a joke or these clowns are actively trying to hurt students please be aware of your surroundings and stay safe bears. Students gathered on the steps of Sproul in their memory refused to let the crime be forgotten.