A man wearing a bondage suit, sometimes called a gimp suit, has been terrorizing the town of North Somerset, England, and seemingly no one knows what he’s doing there.
BBC reports a teenager was approached by the man late Tuesday night; the teen described the man as “unpredictable, flopping to the floor, writhing and grunting.”
At first he thought the man was in distress — or drunk — but it became clear the display was intentional.
The teen hopes this was a one-off occurrence. “I don’t want this guy to be seen as a bogey man … but this kind of thing, this invisible threat that he could be anywhere … it’s indirectly causing fear,” he expressed.
He described what the man was wearing during their encounter as a bodysuit that covered him from head to toe, as well as blue latex gloves.
“His outfit was shiny with some sort of liquid, and he was glistening in the torchlight and he smelt really earthy,” the teen described.
Police arrested a man in his 30s, but he has since been released on bail. It’s unknown if it’s the same man who approached the teen.
This isn’t the first time a man wearing a dark bondage outfit has startled locals. The villages of Claverham and Yatton reported similar sightings in 2019, 2021 and this year.
Police are trying to figure out a motive. As for the person who was arrested, he released on the condition of staying home between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.