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6/15/2025, 12:47:44 PM
https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/08/disturbing-rise-men-gimp-suits-terrifying-women-across-uk-20604910/
A ban on masks and wriggling hasn’t stopped gimps from terrorising the British public.
The gimp men lurking in the dark first came to attention when a figure in a black bodysuit and face covering appeared on country lanes in Somerset in 2019.
He pounced from the shadows, grunting with heavy breath, sparking fear with his red eyes, stitched mouth and a stench that lingered.
One woman said: ‘I thought [it] was a badger.
‘As I got closer I could see it wasn’t, but in fact a man with a mask on, who was crawling and writhing on the ground.
‘His mask had two white crosses on his eyes and he was in all black.
‘I have honestly never been so frightened in my entire life and drove away so fast.’
For years the ‘Somerset Gimp’ unleashed a wave of anxiety that left people travelling in packs, terrified of being chased by the latex-clad man prowling villages near Claverham and Yatton.
A ban on masks and wriggling hasn’t stopped gimps from terrorising the British public.
The gimp men lurking in the dark first came to attention when a figure in a black bodysuit and face covering appeared on country lanes in Somerset in 2019.
He pounced from the shadows, grunting with heavy breath, sparking fear with his red eyes, stitched mouth and a stench that lingered.
One woman said: ‘I thought [it] was a badger.
‘As I got closer I could see it wasn’t, but in fact a man with a mask on, who was crawling and writhing on the ground.
‘His mask had two white crosses on his eyes and he was in all black.
‘I have honestly never been so frightened in my entire life and drove away so fast.’
For years the ‘Somerset Gimp’ unleashed a wave of anxiety that left people travelling in packs, terrified of being chased by the latex-clad man prowling villages near Claverham and Yatton.
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