Scary Dog Looking Over Fence

'Demon' dog that looks like Pennywise the Clown leaves people terrified

A photograph of the surly-looking pooch went viral on social media, with many supplying jokey edited photos of the dog in various situations, including horror Stephen King's I.T

Photo of demonic-looking dog standing by fence

The photograph went viral (

Image: @thegallowboob/Twitter)

The saying goes that a dog is a man'south best friend, yet one pooch has left people terrified.

The 'demon dog' went viral after beingness photographed giving its neighbours the 'death stare' from behind a fence.

Peeping over the fence, it's understandable why people were left feeling scared - because, to be honest, it looks terrifying.

The pooch was compared to Pennywise the Clown from Stephen King novel I.T afterward going viral on Twitter, Plymouth Live reported.

Many were focused on the canine'south intense scare, equally people joked information technology looked like information technology had a programme to murder.

Sharing the photo, Twitter user @thegallowboob wrote: "Never been more scared of a dog."

People were left terrified of the canis familiaris

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Since he shared that flick, it has been liked nearly 200,000 times and retweeted more 26,000.

One person joked: "That domestic dog is plotting how to brand your death wait like a tragedy while horrifying the entire neighbourhood just to send a bulletin.

Social media users created some hilarious edits

"It doesn't want petted, just a whole moving picture worth of revenge."

The animal has even drawn comparisons to Michael Jackson in 'Thriller' and Frank Gallagher.

Another added: "I am laughing out loud but genuinely frightened."

A third commented: "This thing looks like it crawled straight outta Pet Cemetary."

"They meliorate cast him in that Cujo remake," joked another, referring to a Stephen King novel in which a rabid dog repeatedly attacks a family.

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One worried domestic dog possessor jokily admitted: "I used to take this dream about my domestic dog becoming humanoid and killing u.s.a. and this is what she looked like in it."

Notwithstanding another person added the pooch was giving off 'some real Sweeney Todd vibes', quipping: "I take a feeling that there are a lot of bones lying around that back one thousand".