By October 25, 2016, several news outlets reported on an alleged clown-initiated "purge" or "attack", which supposedly was to take place on Halloween Eve of 2016.[29][30][31] While there were no widespread "purge" attacks as threatened, a family from Florida were attacked on October 31, 2016 by a group of approximately 20 people in clown masks (and masks styled after The Purge movie). No arrests were made.[32][33]