Clown sightings spook South Carolina, perplex police

The reported sightings of silent, menacing clowns in northeastern South Carolina may be part of a horror movie publicity stunt or an elaborate hoax, but they are no laughing matter for parents and police. "I will usually let my son play in our backyard where I can see him from the kitchen, but now I won't let him go outside the house without me," said Jessie Owen, a 29-year-old Greenville mother of two. One theory is that the clowns are connected to the release of the independent horror movie "31," by director Rob Zombie.