![]() The prowler has been sighted a number of times in the Somerset village of Claverham as well as in nearby Yatton. We've had a security light fitted because we're feeling a bit uneasy at night now.' ![]() 'We fell in love with the area and then it's just really scared us a bit. We've moved to Somerset, it's so, so, quiet it's full of families and elderly people, it's been lovely compared to Birmingham. Pip, a carer, added: 'This has just made us feel a little paranoid. But with this, I looked and when I saw the stitching around the mouth and the red eyes I was just like 'oh my God'. It's terrifying.'Ībi and her wife, Pip, 22, moved from Birmingham to Somerset earlier this year looking for a quiet life.Ībi said: 'In Birmingham you see that sort of stuff for a joke. 'I'd want him to know how it's affected me and that just because I'm female doesn't mean I shouldn't be going for a walk on my own at night which is what some have been saying. Everything is running through my head, I'd want him to know just how scary it was. 'If I could speak to him now I'd want to know why he does what he does. But it's made everything seem a bit different. 'I've already suffered from severe anxiety that's why I go for my little walks – to try to clear my head. 'It was a massive shock, I didn't know if I was dreaming,' she said. Police yesterday arrested a second suspect over the incident.Ībi, who is a barber, said she was struggling to come to terms with last Thursday's confrontation because she already suffered from anxiety. Helped by passers-by she chased him off and was able to take a picture before he vanished through a hedge. " My terror at coming face to face with the gimp prowler: As police arrest second suspect, victim reveals how she took this picture during late-night encounter before grunting man ran away "Ī woman told yesterday of her terrifying late-night encounter with a prowler in a gimp suit.Ībi Conroy, 23, said the stranger charged at her in a 'full black rubbery' outfit, 'grunting and breathing heavily', while she was taking a late-night walk in a quiet village. Update with more information about gimp man. 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. "He kept coming towards me and was touching his groin, grunting and breathing heavy. The man advanced towards her, "grunting and breathing heavily" before fleeing the scene, she said.ĭescribing the events that happened on her evening walk, she said: "I was walking along with my torch and looked up to see someone charging at me in a full black rubbery suit and managed to take a picture. She was walking in Claverham, Somerset, when she saw "someone charging at me in a full black rubbery suit". A woman says she is scared to go out after enduring a "terrifying" encounter with a man wearing a gimp suit in a dark village lane.
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