The closest to the plague-doctor template is Finney’s Flamingo model, which looks vaguely menacing until you adopt the water-wading whimsy of the bird.

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.

A MANHUNT is underway for a prankster who is terrorising kids in Norfolk by dressing as a 17th-century plague doctor. The strange man has been seen walking around the suburb of Hellesdon during the… ...