
It is awful that he has been successfully operating as a predator for so long.Įveryone (who went to the bars in their 20s for the last 20 years) knows someone who has encountered glove guy, and men do warn other men about him. Many of his victims fail to report due to shame and all of the complicated biases around the legitimacy of sexually-motivated crimes against males. Instead, glove guy has been operating for YEARS. It is actually quite sad, because if someone was giving women drives home and masturbating/exposing themselves next to them without their consent, police would be forced to take it seriously. He finds this sexually exciting and he starts masturbating in the car as this occurs. Once they are in the car, he tells them he sells these leather gloves and encourages his passenger to try them on. Basically, this dude sits outside bars downtown and offers to drive young drunk males home for free. He would probably be easy to track via CCTV as well. If he did this in the town or city close by, he would have the shit kicked out of him as there will be many more people around. It sounds like he's targeting people alone who necessarily wouldn't be able to get the attention of others for immediate help and are more concerned about getting away from him and making themselves safe. There will also be very little to no CCTV around. There will be very little traffic on the road, the houses more spread out and villages are felt to be quiet safe, you wouldn't necessarily worry about being mugged etc like you would in a city or town. If you are going home from the pub you are likely to split off from your group at some point as you'll live in different parts of the village. It's unusual to see lots of people out at night, especially in groups due to the population and lack of amenities - usually just a pub. Villages like this tend to have a small population which is in a spread out rural area. I don't know Claverham well at all but I live in a village in the same county Warning: Gimp suit man`s photo (taken by the victim Abi).
#WHAT IS A GIMP SUIT FULL#
Anyone with information or with dashcam or doorbell camera footage of a man in Claverham on Wednesday, September 1 wearing what has been described as a full face mask is asked to contact police.Īny explanation of a Gimp man phenomenon? Avon and Somerset Police were called to a house in the village, but were 'unable to locate the man'. However, due to insufficient evidence they were both later released without charge and no further action was taken against them.īut a 'masked man' was spotted spying on a couple through their window at midnight in the village on September 1 again, leaving locals fearing the 'gimp man' has returned. There was an instant feeling of panic, anxiety and anger again which took me over a year of private counselling and medications to control.įollowing a police search, using helicopters and sniffer dogs, two men, aged 28 and 34, were arrested on suspicion of indecency offences. "Every time I close my eyes I just see that face.". The woman said she has been "hugely affected" by the nightmare, my heart felt like I was running a marathon - and now fears leaving her house. She then pushed the man away and screamed before he started running backwards towards the main road. I thought: 'This is it, I'm going to get attacked'. I was just trying to assess the situation in my head quickly. As I tried to take a step back he was right in front of my face and he put his leg forward. The last reported incident was in July 2019, the rubber-clad assailant – described by one victim as “touching his groin, grunting and breathing heavily” – has jumped out at several men and women late at night, over a number of weeks, in Claverham.Ībi, 25, was walking through Claverham when she saw the stalker "charging" at her "in a full black rubbery suit.

Since November 2018, there have been over 14 reports of a person dressed in disguises approaching people at night in the village of Claverham, Somerset, UK.
