Mangling Meaning, # 23

This is the opening sentence of a report published by The Northampton Herald & Post last weekend:

Link: The Northampton Herald & Post, ‘Spooky clown mystery grips Northampton’*

Presumably residents lolling around in pyjamas and sans maquillage have been left alone.

* The report is illustrated. Presumably, although the picture is not credited, the photograph was taken by a quick-thinking resident of Northampton.