Newsflare Exclusive- A family's Halloween outing took a spooky turn when their one-year-old daughter was startled by an animatronic clown at Spirit Halloween on October 13.

Enthusiastic about the holiday, the parents visited the store to introduce their daughter to the festive spirit. While exploring the scary carnival-themed setup, the father pressed a button on a clown animatronic, which emitted eerie sounds before suddenly popping up, causing everyone to jump. The baby girl let out a terrified scream, leading to a mix of amusement and concern from her parents.

After a brief moment of hysteria, she calmed down, and the family continued their visit.

My boyfriend & I have always loved Halloween, it's our favorite holiday .We have a 1 year old daughter together so naturally we want her to love Halloween too !The three of us were out enjoying our Sunday afternoon & decided to stop at the Spirit Halloween store .They had a scary-carnival-theme set-up when we went inside, so we were interacting with everything .That's when I started recording (for personal memories) .But then my boyfriend presses on this small clown animatronic & it's just making creepy noises for a little while, we're waiting staring at it until *POP* it flies up scaring the heck out of us all !Especially my baby girl !she got so scared she let out a scream & was hysterical crying .We felt equally terrible as we did amused, by being spooked ourselves !He jumped & she jumped right with him .My poor baby had her first jump scare .Thankfully she calmed down after a minute & we were able to keep looking around the store but we didn't dare press on anymore buttons for our adrenalines sake .Spooky Season is definitely here, Happy Halloween !