It was the sort of offbeat English West Country tale that can fly, in the same curious ballpark as the Beast of Bodmin, the mythical – perhaps – big cat said to roam the Cornish moor. According to the woman, he was wearing a “rubbery suit” and ran off when she screamed. The first reports of the gimp reached the police in November 2018, but he became headline news the following summer when a woman snapped an image of a striking figure walking down Chapel Lane in Claverham. I’d run a mile if I saw him.” But another local woman, Rebecca, insisted he was harmless and needed help rather than punishment. Her colleague, Natalie, said: “It’s creepy.” One of her friends has seen the gimp, she said: “She was pretty freaked out. ![]() There’s a lot of families with children in these villages. Kelly, who works in a shop close to one of the gimp’s haunts, said: “He does frighten some people. But there is also sympathy that this individual may have problems.” ![]() There is some disquiet among people who worry they may come across him late at night. ![]() Chris Jackson, the chair of Yatton parish council, said: “There’s a mix of feelings.
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