[ExI] Unsuspecting Grandmother in Black Coat Mistaken for 'Plague Doctor' in Scotland

[John Grigg]

"A grandmother in Scotland was inadvertently swept up in the phantom plague
doctor craze
<https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/plague-doctor-craze-sweeps-across-uk/>
that has gripped the United Kingdom when a bewildered witness mistook her
for one of the menacing strangers due to her long black coat. The weird
case of mistaken identity reportedly
<https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/6943530/scots-plague-doctor-innocent-gran-black-coat/>
occurred last week in the city of Newton Stewart as Jean Matheson was
innocently going about her business while clad in what is apparently one of
her favorite overcoats. Unbeknownst to her at the time, a concerned
resident caught sight of her from behind and was convinced that the
community was the latest to be visited by the eerie 'plague doctors' that
have been popping up throughout the United Kingdom."

https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/unsuspecting-grandmother-in-black-coat-mistaken-for-plague-doctor-in-scotland/
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