Cops in the English village of Hellesdon are hunting for an unidentified individual who's been creeping out locals by lurking around town while dressed as a 17th Century plague doctor.

During the 17th-century European plague, physicians wore beaked masks, leather gloves, and long coats in an attempt to fend off the disease. Their iconic and ominous look, as depicted in this 1656 ...

Plague Doctors, with infamous beak masks, are a commonly associated with the Black Death. However, these costumes were far less common and emerged much later, in the 17th century. (Image credit ...

This is a 17th-century German or Austrian plague doctor mask, from the collection of the Deutches Historisches Museum. (Anagoria/GNU Free Documentation License) Since the onset of the pandemic ...

Police have identified a plague doctor prankster who terrified children by walking the streets of Norwich dressed as a 17th century medic as a teenager boy. The teenager had been spotted strolling ...

Police are keen to speak to a prankster who has been terrifying villagers by walking around dressed as a 17th-century plague doctor. Residents of Hellesdon, near Norwich, ...

A mysterious black-swathed figure dressed in full 17th-century plague doctor garb falls into that category, according to residents of the otherwise idyllic. Skip to content. All Sections.

She’s part of a Tumblr community in which people dress up like 17th-century plague doctors and post pictures and videos of themselves online. The plague doctors, the real ones, ...

A 17th-century cloaked plague doctor was seen walking the streets of London during the coronavirus lockdown. The eerie figure wandered through Crouch End, much to the amazement of locals who ...

A PRANKER dressed as a creepy 17th century plague doctor is terrorising locals in a British town. Residents have been left terrified after claiming to have spotted a person dressed in the medieval … ...

No one seemed to bat an eyelash when a guy dressed as the Grim Reaper lurked around Florida beaches when local authorities eased shelter-in-place orders. Not the case in Norfolk: Authorities there ...

This 17th-century plague diary hits a little too close to home Rarely do we get such a detailed glimpse into one person’s life during a crisis from so long ago. By Ute Lotz-Heumann/The Conversation ...