I can explain my fear of clowns quite easily.
i saw a clown when i was like 4 years old it didnt freak me out that much but then like a couple months later i woke up to find my big sister watching IT pennywise and the clown i saw were practically identical. As i got older people were like why dont you just metally kill them everytime you see one? Yeahh no matter you do to a clown they just keep on SMILING!! that freaks me out more than killer clowns