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 the person dressed in the medieval protective gear.

Plague doctors battled the Bubonic Plague in 1645 wearing unusual all black medical gear.

The medics wore long leather cloaks, large brimmed hats and grotesque beaked masks filled with sweet-smelling herbs.

Locals in Falkirk, Scotland, claim to have sighted freaky figures in the blacked out get-up.

The motive and meaning behind those wearing the plague doctor clothing is not known.

Social media users say the 'plague doctors' have been seen standing in the streets and roaming the towns.

One user wrote:"Genuinely terrified".

Another said: "This is scary".

And a third commented: "The world we live in nowadays…"

But it's understood no sightings have been reported to Police Scotland.

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