<i>Peyton Pinkerton, 37, guitarist with the band Pernice Brothers, battles a similar impulse to flee the object of his personal phobia: clowns."I was yelled at by a birthday party clown when I was about 4 years old and have been absolutely terrified of them ever since," says the resident of North Hampton, Massachusetts."If I'm surprised by seeing a clown, it's like snakes or rats. My fight-or-flight response kicks in," Pinkerton says. "I have run out of malls, fairgrounds, etcetera, on repeated occasions."</i>
<i>Peyton Pinkerton, 37, guitarist with the band Pernice Brothers, battles a similar impulse to flee the object of his personal phobia: clowns.
"I was yelled at by a birthday party clown when I was about 4 years old and have been absolutely terrified of them ever since," says the resident of North Hampton, Massachusetts.
"If I'm surprised by seeing a clown, it's like snakes or rats. My fight-or-flight response kicks in," Pinkerton says. "I have run out of malls, fairgrounds, etcetera, on repeated occasions."</i>