On October 10, a girl aged 10 in Bridgend was left scared when four people, wearing clown masks and carrying a "sledgehammer", approached her in a park.[127] That same night, Chief Inspector Paul Staniforth of Gwent Police said: "We've now received 18 reports of people dressed up as clowns throughout Gwent. Some of the reports have included clowns running through gardens and peering through windows, lurking around shopping centres, parks and schools and jumping from trees."[128]