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Nanaimo beer store clerks were left traumatized but uninjured after being robbed at knife point by a man wearing a skeleton mask and swinging a baseball bat.

The robbery happened Saturday at 10:40 p.m.

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RCMP say the masked man entered the Harewood Arms Beer and Wine store waving a knife. He then started banging a bat on the counter and demanding the clerks hand over the money from the till.

Nanaimo RCMP officers and a police dog were unable to find the robber, but the bat and knife believed to have been used in the robbery were found nearby.

The man was described as being between 5-feet-6 and 5-feet-9 with a medium build. He was wearing a black gown, white shirt, gloves and a Halloween skeleton mask.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.