Some plague doctors may have worn spooky-looking beak mask costumes to prevent infection during disease epidemics.

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.

Why plague doctors wore those strange beaked masks In the 17th century, people believed these outfits could purify poisonous air. They were wrong.

Plague doctors and PPE: Today's gear has nothing on the medical garb of the Renaissance If today's personal protective equipment is impersonal, its 17th-century equivalent was downright sinister ...

The delegate was dressed as a "plague doctor" and as the name suggests, plague doctors were involved in attempting to help people suffering from the bubonic plague, although many of them were not ...

PRANKSTERS dressed up in creepy 'plague doctor' costumes have been spotted across the UK. Cops in Gloucester are investigating one of the sinister figures seen scaring children near a duck pond.