The paper also alleged the clown had knocked on someone's door and offered to paint their sills despite having no painting equipment.
The clown spotted on Friday night (Image credit: Facebook.com/spotnorthamptonsclown)
Image credit: Facebook.com/spotnorthamptonsclown
Image credit: Reddit.com/user/Reagansmash1994
The clown has featured in two top posts on the wildly popular community website Reddit, has a Facebook page with more than 26,000 likes and has been trending on Twitter under the hashtag #northamptonclown.
Last night Nicholas Bieber, a reporter for the Northampton Herald & Post tweeted a picture believed to have been originally posted on a Facebook page owned by the man who has been dressing as the clown:
CLOWN LATEST: Just found this image on the man's Facebook who we believe to be the #NorthamptonClown! @NorthamptonUK pic.twitter.com/5Gp9mIS34m
— Nicholas Bieber (@NickBieberHP) September 16, 2013
A man dressed in a Superman costume and calling himself the Clown Catcher has also been spotted in the town.
A man wearing a Superman outfit calling himself 'ClownCatcher' is patrolling the town. Watch out #northamptonclown pic.twitter.com/z49AGELWKT
— Daniel Owens (@DanielOwens1979) September 15, 2013
Bieber later tweeted that he was "getting closer and closer" to finding the clown, asking his followers to follow the Northampton Herald & Post for updates.
Could all of this just be a clever viral marketing campaign for the publication?
(Thanks to Twitter user @_Marky_Sparky for the tip)
