8-Amat Reports of Creepy Clowns in Woods Spooking Residents of Greenville, S.C.

Reports of Creepy Clowns in Woods Spooking Residents of Greenville, S.C.

      Multiple reports that menacing clowns are lurking in the woods — sometimes, allegedly, offering kids cash to follow them — have the residents of Greenville, S.C., looking over their shoulders and even brandishing guns.According to the incident report, multiple residents, some of them children, said they saw the clowns — who they said were carrying flashing green laser lights — creeping around on the night of Aug. 21. In September 2013, a clown prowling the streets of Northampton in England led to a police investigation. It later emerged that he was simply a college student on his way to cheer up a dying little girl. Commenters on horror movie forums point out that gore movie director Rob Zombie, ex-front man of the band White Zombies, has a new movie, called "31," opening soon. Managers of the complex circulated a flier last week asking residents to "ensure your children's safety — keep them in the house during night hours."