Bizarre footage has emerged from the US of a man's terrified reaction after his friend pranked him dressed as a creepy clown.

The video was captured while the man was fishing at night at a lake in Bridgeport, West Virginia at the weekend.

He claims the man dressed as the clown knew where he was going to be and decided to scare him by dressing up as a clown and sneaking up on him.

Although it was later revealed as a prank, the filmer claims his initial reaction was genuine.

Clowns have been spotted a number of times in West Virginia recently, with at least one creepy sighting gaining a lot of media attention.

This was unrelated to that sighting, but arguably just as scary.

He later wrote online: "I heard a rustle and noticed a figure behind me.

"It followed me to my car."

Thankfully, it turned out to be someone he knew.

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