Somebody has ‘trolled’ Shotton with water themed graffiti – and it makes little sense

The walls of Shotton have been daubed in chalk ‘graffiti’ over the last couple of days, and know one has a clue why.

While most people nowadays prefer to air the ‘dirty linen’ in a more digital way on the likes of Facebook and Twitter (you ok hun?) but somebody has taken a more ‘analogue’ and anarchic route to saying something several times which has little meaning, those who use Facebook regularly with be familiar with the approach.

Around ten area’s along Chester Road East and into Shotton have all been ‘attacked’ with chalker.

The first one we noticed close to Deeside Leisure Centre – it simply says “Water is broken here”

Walking further along Chester Road the mystery chalkist starts to write some pretty bizarre stuff, notably the wall near Shotton Cycles which reads “Dont s**t in the water say no to spider cam MR MP”

One line mentions toilet cams in council offices which could be a reference a recent court case involving an ex Flintshire Council employee found guilty of voyeurism and given a community order by magistrates.

Another theory is it could be the work of a disgruntled councillor expressing their opposition, in a slightly weird way, to the protracted deployment of webcams in council meetings.

One theory also doing the rounds is that it’s part of a ‘guerilla’ marketing campaign for a new local ‘indie’ band called the Viral Spider’s however, a quick search on Google reveals there are no such bands.

A popular view revolves around the idea that perhaps local newspaper ‘hacks’ maybe behind this, fearful of another slow news days with no twitter retweets, they have ‘seen fit’ to create a chalk mystery – a popular tabloid tactic back in the 1920’s.

What is this? All over shotton on walls etc @FlintshireCC@FlintshireChron@DeesideDotCom@DeesideWater@leaderlivepic.twitter.com/2BiUbEMaQh

— Ryan Swann Jones (@RyanSJ21) September 30, 2015

One person took to social media to ask “What is This? – we couldn’t give a definitive answer, neither could Hillary Clinton the former US secretary of state who was unofficially twinned with Shotton in 2012 said;

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