Sinister clown targets children in Formby Pinewoods

Parents of children who walk around Formby Pinewoods are being told to be on their guard for a suspicious man dressed as a clown.

A Facebook post has been shared far and wide by worried parents after two young children were reportedly approached by a man dressed as a clown.

The children’s father spotted the bizarre looking man and shouted at him before the IT style clown ran off into the woodland.

The man claims that the was incident to the police and later shared the incident via his mother in law to Facebook, describing the entire ordeal as something sinister.

Merseyside Police have now confirmed that the incident was NOT reported to the police as first claimed.