Porn star Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti has sought police assistance after the mysterious promoter of the QAnon conspiracy theory posted a photo of a man outside of his office.

The figure known as 'Q', an anonymous Trump supporter who claims to hold high-level government clearance, on Sunday posted three photos taken outside Avenatti's office in Newport Beach,California.

The first two photos, posted to the message-board 8chan, show exterior views of Avenatti's office building, along with the message 'Buckle up!' It's unclear when the photos were taken.

The third photo, which is reversed in mirror image, shows a man carrying a cell phone in one hand and a long, thin object in the other, walking in the street near Avenatti's building.

The man's face can't clearly be seen, and it's unclear whether he is simply a pedestrian unaware he is being photographed in public.

Michael Avenatti (above) sought police assistance after the mysterious conspiracy theory promoter Q posted a photo of a man outside of his office

Q posted this photo on Sunday. It was taken near Avenatti's office and shows an unidentified man, who may simply be a pedestrian unaware he's being photographed

The anonymous conspiracy figure also posted these images taken outside Avenatti's office

The man appears to be in his 50s and is wearing a black polo shirt and slacks, as well as sunglasses.

The photo of the man was accompanied by the text 'Offices of MA. Work on Sunday? Who is supplying feed? Who is financing? Q'

On Monday, Avenatti posted a version of the photo on Twitter in an appeal to the public for information.

'We are trying to identify the man in this picture, which was taken outside my office yesterday (Sun) afternoon,' Avenatti wrote. 'We will NOT be intimidated into stopping or changing our course.'

The attorney urged anyone who recognized the man to contact the Newport Beach Police Department.

The Newport Beach Police department said that they were 'looking into what is categorized as suspicious circumstances' in connection with the photo.

The 8chan post is seen above. Q's posts are often cryptic to the point of nonsense

Avenatti posted the photo on Monday and asked anyone with information to contact police

Avenatti told the Daily Beast that since Q had posted the photos outside of his office, the number of threats he received had quadrupled.

'I consider my new prominence among these conspiracy theorists to be a badge of honor, because it shows that many consider me to be a threat to this president, as they should,' Avenatti said.

Avenatti said he believe the man in the photo could be holding a shank.

Q responded to the Daily Beast report by posting a link to it, along with the comment 'Right on schedule.'

Also known as 'The Storm', the QAnon theory is based on a series of anonymous and highly cryptic posts on the message boards 4Chan and 8Chan, which purport to be written by a high-level insider in President Donald Trump's White House.

Q is a reference to 'Q-clearance', the Department of Energy security classification that offers the broadest level of access to Top Secret and Secret Restricted Data granted by the US government.

Q posted this fan-created graphic on March 4. It purports to show that Q predicted the contents of a DoD tweet in advance, about a documentary containing a mug with the letter 'Q'

Though Q's posts are sometimes cryptic to the point of nonsense, in broad strokes the theory maintains that Trump is locked in a secret battle with 'evil' elements at the highest level of government.

The theory references earlier conspiracy theories such as Pizzagate, purporting that top-level Democrats are engaged in child sex trafficking.

Some interpreters of the conspiracy theory maintain that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is secretly working for Trump, preparing tens of thousands of sealed indictments targeting agents of the 'deep state' and allies of Hillary Clinton.

Fans of the QAnon theory, who call themselves anons, have spent countless hours piecing together the 'crumbs' dropped in the anonymous posts, which began in October.

As one fan explained in a post shared by Q on Monday: 'REAL ANON'S are here as we follow the EVIDENCE (documented verifiable evidence), we are building the TRUTH of our HISTORY so we can expose and dismantle the corruption that has PLAGUED our world for millennia.'

'WE are NOT about violence, subversion or control. WE are simply providing FACT based information FREE of charge to the WORLD,' the anon added.