Is the Somerset Gimp about to be unveiled? Man appears in court after masked suspect in black latex suit jumped out in front of terrified woman
- Joshua Hunt, 31, is due to appear in court over the so-called Somerset Gimp
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A man is set to appear in court today accused of dressing in an all black latex full body outfit to terrorise women as the so-called ‘Somerset Gimp’.
Police say Joshua Hunt, 31, has been charged in connection with a series of incidents in the area.
Hunt, of Claverham, will appear at North Somerset Magistrates Court.
He is charged with two counts of affray and one count each of possession of a bladed article and committing an act of outraging public decency.
One of the affray charges and the possession of a bladed article charge relates to an incident in Bleadon yesterday.
The second affray charge relates to an incident in Bleadon on Sunday, while the outraging public decency charge relates to an incident in Cleeve on October 25.
Hunt is currently in police custody pending today’s hearing.
Police say enquiries into other linked offences in the North Somerset area continue.
An alleged sighting of the ‘Gimp Man’ in July 2019. A man was held on suspicion of causing a public nuisance after the alleged incident near Weston-super-Mare on Monday
Avon and Somerset Police said a woman reported seeing a man in a latex suit jump out in front of her vehicle on Accommodation Road in Bleadon shortly after midnight on Monday
The hearing follows several reports over the years of a man lurking in several villages dressed in a latex suit.
The latest incident happened in Bleadon in the early hours of Tuesday after he jumped out in front of a woman.
She later posted on Facebook: ‘Just want to put this on Facebook as I would hate for someone to experience what I saw last night and not know what it was/be alone in their experience.
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‘Around 11:15pm last night I was driving home alone from Weston down the back roads (accommodation road) heading for Brean.
‘As soon as I got over the first railway bridge, I noticed something on the ground which I thought was a badger.
Reports of a ‘Gimp Man’ being spotted date back a few years. An alleged sighting took place in July 2019 (pictured)
‘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 2 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.
‘It was such a strange experience that I honestly thought I had hallucinated.
‘One of my friends then mentioned something called the ‘Somerset Gimp’ which matched my description completely.
‘He is a man who dresses in all black latex, wears that mask, and terrorises people.
‘There have been sightings back in 2018 in Yatton and surrounding areas. There haven’t been any recent reports (until now lol).
‘When I got home I phoned the police to report what I had seen, and mentioned this to them.
‘The policeman agreed and said that this was his first thought when I described what I had seen.
‘If you see this man, do not interact with him, walk away and phone the police.
‘Hopefully no one else will see this absolute freak, but just thought I’d share my experience in case anyone was terrified like me.’
