Miami-Dade police searched for a man dressed in a clown outfit while wielding what looked like a large hammer or mallet walking on a pedestrian bridge over the Palmetto Expressway Tuesday morning.

The clown with red hair, plaid pants and a patchwork shirt was seen carrying the potential weapon on the walkway of the Palmetto and SW 40th Street around 9:30 a.m. The Total Traffic Miami video also shows the suspicious clown running down the walkway before officers arrived later to the scene.

Is this nightmare fuel for later? Miami-Dade police searched for a man dressed as a clown and holding a hammer after a traffic camera spotted him walking on a pedestrian