Naked man wearing only balaclava & armed with a sex toy on stick has spent 5 YEARS terrorising tourists at hols hotspot
BARE & DANGEROUS Naked man wearing only balaclava & armed with a sex toy on stick has spent 5 YEARS terrorising tourists at hols hotspot
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A NAKED man wearing only a balaclava and plastic clogs has been terrorising tourists with a sex toy on a stick.
The chilling masked nudist is feared to have spent the past five years stalking hikers around a European holiday hotspot.
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Two female hikers took a picture of a naked man who had been wandering around the woods with a sex toy on a stick and wearing only a balaclava and plastic clogs
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The women claimed the man was actually surprised to see them along the path as he assumed no one would visit the castle on a Monday
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The man was found in the woodland areas in Gýmeš Castle, a popular hiking destination in Slovakia
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Two female hikers who encountered the strange individual have revealed he was happy for them to picture him posing in the nude as he didn't think he was doing anything wrong.
The unidentified intruder happily stood still as the women snapped him carrying his bizarre walking stick equipped with a sex toy on the end.
It was taken on Monday near Gýmeš Castle, a popular hiking destination in Slovakia, according to local outlet TV JOJ.
They claimed the man was actually surprised to see them along the path as he assumed no one would visit the castle on a Monday.
He reportedly apologised to the two hikers after realising how horrified they were.
One of the tourists recalled: "He had a balaclava, a stick, and a dildo stuck to the stick.
"We were scared of him, but he told us he was sorry, that he didn't want to scare us, so he asked us for directions because he thought that since it was Monday, he wouldn't meet anyone."
As the strange encounter ended, both went their separate ways as the male exhibitionist started to wander back in the woodlands.
He then suddenly turned around and started to follow the women.
Scared and unsure on what to do next, the women asked for a picture.
Shocking moment completely naked man attacks driver in front of horrified kids
She continued: "When I turned around, he turned and started following us. I was terribly scared inside.
"No one would have believed that we could meet something like that in the forest, but he allowed us to take a picture of him without any problems.
"He said this was relaxation for him, that he often walks naked in the woods like this."
The women then quickly left the man alone.
One of the hikers added: "It was lucky that there were two of us. I can't imagine what I would have done if I had been alone."
The freak sighting is now being investigated by police in the nearby city of Nitra.
We were scared of him, but he told us he was sorry, that he didn't want to scare us
Female hiker
They are looking for the man who now faces a potential public-order offence for walking around a public place with no clothes on.
Police are also following up on two other encounters which reportedly took place in the same stretch of woods and again involved a naked man approaching walkers.
They date back to 2020.
It is still unknown if the same nudist in this weeks sighting was involved in all three incidents.
Police say there have never been any complaints of inappropriate sexual behavior or aggressively confronting visitors.
It comes just weeks after an urgent search was launched for a mystery man who was prowling the streets wearing nothing but a mask and trainers.
Lancashire Police have been on the hunt after CCTV captured the figure walking by houses in Lytham just before 1am on Friday, July 18.
The Somerset Gimp
A BRITISH man was found guilty in 2023 of being the "Somerset Gimp" after he was caught jumping in front of cars and scaring female drivers.
Joshua Hunt, 32, dressed head-to-toe in a latex suit on multiple occasions in the Bleadon area of Somerset and terrorised people in the night.
Bristol Magistrates' Court heard how he approached two women drivers on separate occasions on May 7 and 9.
He wore his black outfit and a horrifying mask made out of tights he'd purchased from Asda shortly before heading out in the pitch black.
Hunt also used UV paint to draw on eyes and a mouth for his days of torment.
During the first incident, a woman was driving down a country lane with her husband and two kids when they spotted the creepy figure crawling on the ground.
Just over 24 hours later, another woman was driving along the road with her sister-in-law and teenage boy in the car.
As she drove round the corner she was met with a figure dressed in all black.
He was arrested and apologised to the victims when giving evidence.
Hunt claimed that he was wearing the outfit to go mudding, which he described as the act of covering himself in mud because he hated his body.
He had told police he needed help when first detained due to his deteriorating mental health.
But after a one day trial, he was found guilty of two offences under the Public Order Act of causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress after scaring female motorists in Somerset while dressed in a gimp suit.
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