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A man left Grimsby workers puzzled after leaving a cryptic message in their shop.

The man is said to have walked into Grimsby Sunblinds on Freeman Street with a hand-written letter.

He simply walked up to the counter, placed it down, and walked back out again – all without saying a word.

Staff members said they were puzzled by this bizarre behaviour and "just laughed" after reading the letter.

The letter made "no sense" to them and they soon binned it.

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A staff member said: "It was a bit weird, really. A random guy just walked in and put it down on the counter.

"It was all very strange. We laughed and just took no notice of it. We just put it in the bin and carried on."

Another staff member said: "He just walked in and walked right out again. He put a letter down on the counter. It was really weird, we read it and just laughed. Really weird.”

Can you figure out what the cryptic message means?

The only clue appears to be the phone number matching with Longhurt Group, a social housing provider in Grimsby.

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The letter appears to read (sic):

"Circus: Good News Dear DR Doctor’s. Pet’s AT Home Dog’s & Cat’s: Good Morning’s Special. Good Night. Full Moon Smile Face? Two Weeks or month. Dear MP Conservative & Tours: Labour’s 10 & 11 Downing St. London. UK – How are you Happy Today Smile Face Special’s. At School’s Kids – Children’s & Your Mum, Dad. Teaching’s 6 to 11 aged. And Youths 12 to 18 aged Teachings. The College’s 19 to 35 aged – Teachings. I am special’s. Happy Shopping’s Grimsby Town, Your Fine Council’s Office. Home L & H 0300 123 1745. Police’s MAN’S & LADYS; Your Post Office’s Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Immingham. Job Centre’s and D.H.S.S DISABLING Mobility. The Royal Family, Queen & King. I Lovely Your Open Shopping’s Hours 9:AM to 6:PM. Town: Transport’s – Buses: Happy Holidays – Happy Easter, Sunshire. Happy Old People’s and Your Family Dance’s. Big Celebrate: Town Hall Grimsby & Cleethorpes: Freeman St: Your Hope. God Blessed. Safe’s. Pet’s On the Streets & Road’s. Stop Look & Listen. Living. North East Lincolnshire. Welcome Here Nice. Thank you Special."

The cryptic message comes a few months after coded "street art" started appearing on walls in Grimsby.

We reported how a mysterious series of symbols had appeared at the junction of Hainton Avenue and Bradley Street.

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Several people managed to decipher the message, which read: "Anyone can work out a code deciphering the message is the hard part."

This bizarre note, written by street artist '3', was a precursor for another that was stuck to a wall in Abbey Road a few days later.

This one, which was written in binary code, had a more substantial message, with a darker tone that revealed a little more about the artist’s raison d’etre.

It read: "Here to save the world from self-destruction. Humanity is dead and I am the saviour. See me in streets."

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Following this, '3', recorded a video of themselves as a shadowy figure donning a black hoodie and wearing a creepy mask.

In the video, '3' says: "To the people of the world. The time is now. We need to realise that humanity is slowly destroying itself bit by bit. We are given such a precious gift that is known as life.

“We need to help each other but at the same time be realists with it too. What one sees as hate might not be hate. Each opinion should be heard and each one of us should listen. Only then will the truth be found.”

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