Bakersfield, Calif. responds to local clown sightings

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A teenager in Bakersfield, Calif. was arrested on Friday after chasing other teens while dressed up as a clown. However, the teen was only one of many clowns reported in the area this weekend, some of which were seen wielding machetes and baseball bats.

These clown sightings arose just after a couple made national news for a project photographing clowns at various locations in the nearby town of Wasco, Calif.

Bakersfield authorities reflect on their own red-nosed appearances and the relation to the Wasco clowns.