Police called after masked man with bat wrapped in barbed wire frightens residents in Derbyshire town on Halloween
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Residents phoned the police after seeing the man wearing a horse mask and carrying a wooden baseball bat with barbed wire around it, in Clay Cross on Halloween.
Concerned residents said he was frightening children.
A spokesperson for Derbyshire Police said: “Officers were called to reports of a man wearing a horse mask and carrying a bat in John Street, Clay Cross, at around 6.30pm on October 31. The caller had reported that the man was behaving in a concerning manner. Officers were sent to the scene, however, the man could not be located.”
The man has not been seen since and no arrests have been made.