Here's something you don't see every day....

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Police are on the lookout for members of a machete-wielding gang in angry clown make-up after a rampage of robbery and violence that left nearly two dozen people injured in a park in western Washington state.

The group, who said they were "juggalos," devotees of the Detroit-based rap-metal group Insane Clown Posse, attacked and robbed visitors to Fort Steilacoom Park while shouting "Woo, woo, juggalo!" to each other, according to court documents.

Prosecutors in Pierce County south of Seattle charged three people with assault and robbery last week, but police in the City of Lakewood said they are searching for another eight to 10 suspects who took part.

According to police reports, some members of the gang wore black hooded sweatshirts or clown make-up and told victims they would "cut their heads off" with machetes. They stole cash, wallets and cell phones, the reports said.

"We don't see too many attacks like this," said Lakewood police Lt. Dave Guttu.

Juggalos often dress in black and wear clown face paint.

Someone want to set odds on whether this group is whacked out on drugs or not?

I'm betting when the cops nab them, the answer will be "yes".

I'm afraid it may just come down to good old-fashioned stupidity. In their songs, the ICP often talk about cutting people's heads off, and I'm guessing these goofs just decided to take it to the next level. They really just wanted to rob people, but they threw this behavior in as some sort of stylistic choice.

Then again, they might be whacked out of their minds. I hope so. At least then there would at least be some sort of explanation for their behavior.

Coulrophobia = fear of clowns

I'm not joking. I used to think that was a real strange phobia, but the Juggalos show us, maybe we should be afraid of those crazy clowns.

Did they ever catch those little thugs?