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North Wales Chronicle
15 minutes ago
- North Wales Chronicle
Mystery figure dressed in black cat morph suit spotted near UK beach
The person, dressed in a skin-tight black cat suit and mask, has been caught on camera meowing and crawling on the ground by passers by as well as prancing around and approaching people in parked cars near The Derby Pool Harvester on Bayview Drive. One resident, Abbie Gilbert, who captured the bizarre encounter on video, posted to Facebook asking if anyone could uncover the stranger. The mystery figure was seen prancing along the path (Image: Becky Edwards) She said: 'Does anyone know who the freak in the cat mask and morph suit is at the coastal park near the harvester? 'I was walking my dog tonight and heard a man making cat noises, shone a torch, he was waving his arms at me before crawling up the hill. Never been so scared.' The person was seen wearing an all black morph suit with a cat mask (Image: Abbie Gilbert) Another video shared by a resident shows people in a car screaming as the figure skips along before coming up to the car window. More than 400 comments have been left by people with some terrified by the strange situation, while others thought the incident was hilarious. The figure was also spotted crawling on the floor (Image: Becky Edwards) One person commented: 'Absolutely not! Terrifying.' Another said: 'I don't know whether to laugh or be terrified.' A third person commented: 'That's the most Birkenhead thing I've seen all day.' The person, dressed in a skin-tight black cat suit and mask, has been caught on camera meowing and crawling on the ground (Image: Becky Edwards) Another said: 'Must be one of those fetishes, some dodgy stuff goes on down there so I've been told. I would not go there after dark and certainly not alone.' The bizarre encounters have been covered in several national media outlets. Merseyside Police has been contacted for comment but they confirmed they have not received any reports of any offences.
Rhyl Journal
an hour ago
- Rhyl Journal
Mystery figure dressed in black cat morph suit spotted near UK beach
The person, dressed in a skin-tight black cat suit and mask, has been caught on camera meowing and crawling on the ground by passers by as well as prancing around and approaching people in parked cars near The Derby Pool Harvester on Bayview Drive. One resident, Abbie Gilbert, who captured the bizarre encounter on video, posted to Facebook asking if anyone could uncover the stranger. The mystery figure was seen prancing along the path (Image: Becky Edwards) She said: 'Does anyone know who the freak in the cat mask and morph suit is at the coastal park near the harvester? 'I was walking my dog tonight and heard a man making cat noises, shone a torch, he was waving his arms at me before crawling up the hill. Never been so scared.' The person was seen wearing an all black morph suit with a cat mask (Image: Abbie Gilbert) Another video shared by a resident shows people in a car screaming as the figure skips along before coming up to the car window. More than 400 comments have been left by people with some terrified by the strange situation, while others thought the incident was hilarious. The figure was also spotted crawling on the floor (Image: Becky Edwards) One person commented: 'Absolutely not! Terrifying.' Another said: 'I don't know whether to laugh or be terrified.' A third person commented: 'That's the most Birkenhead thing I've seen all day.' The person, dressed in a skin-tight black cat suit and mask, has been caught on camera meowing and crawling on the ground (Image: Becky Edwards) Another said: 'Must be one of those fetishes, some dodgy stuff goes on down there so I've been told. I would not go there after dark and certainly not alone.' The bizarre encounters have been covered in several national media outlets. Merseyside Police has been contacted for comment but they confirmed they have not received any reports of any offences.
Metro
7 hours ago
- Metro
Mystery person in big cat 'gimp' costume terrifies locals in Merseyside
The mystery figure has been spotted by a number of locals around Wallasey Beach (Picture: Facebook/Abbie Gilbert) A person dressed in a catsuit has been terrorising locals after being spotted prowling along secluded paths in Merseyside. The figure, dressed in a skin-tight black cat suit and mask, was captured on camera meowing and writhing on the ground near Wallasey Beach. Footage shows the person wriggling under a fence near a Harvester pub and prancing along a path. Another video shows people in a car screaming as the figure approaches close by. Residents claim he resembles a 'banshee,' 'urban jaguar' and even a 'gimp' and locals like Abbie Gilbert have had enough. Sign up for all of the latest stories Start your day informed with Metro's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens. She posted on Facebook: 'Anyone know who the freak in the cat mask and morph suit is at the coastal park near the harvester? 'Was walking my dog tonight and heard a man making cat noises, shone a torch he was waving his arms at me before crawling up the hill! Never been so scared!' A photo that she took and posted shows him walking up a hill, illuminated by her torchlight. Some locals have spotted the person prowling on a hill (Picture: Facebook) Another local told the BBC that she also noticed the strange figure when she was walking her dog. When she shone her torchlight on the figure she saw the man crawling up the hill on all fours. She said: 'I didn't feel scared really, he was just waving his arms and making panther noises. I felt more confused than scared.' Others locals have seen the funny side to it all (Picture: Facebook) Others have seen the funny side, with one posting on Facebook: 'I went through a stage of doing this year's ago but I've now got through it, don't ask MEOW!'. Another joked: 'Hi, this is my cat. He isn't chipped and is quite skittish, we've been missing him for a few days so please don't approach again. We're hoping he comes back home soon, my wife's boyfriend is worried sick'. Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner Emily Spurrell said she hoped anyone with concerns would report them to the police. Metro has contacted Merseyside Police for comment. The person bears a striking similarity to the 'Somerset gimp' who terrified locals in Bleadon, near Weston-super-Mare, in May 2023. It was revealed that Joshua Hunt, 32, was the man behind the gimp mask and was banned for five years from wearing masks, dressing in all-in-one black outfits at night and 'crawling, wriggling or writhing on the ground'. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. Arrow MORE: Girl, 1, dies after police called to 'concern for child' at Sheffield home Arrow MORE: Convenience store worker dies after 'manager sat on and suffocated her' Arrow MORE: British tourist among two killed by elephant during Zambia safari trip
Daily Mail
14 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Mystery figure terrorises neighbourhood by prowling the streets - dressed as a black cat
A mysterious figure dressed in a catsuit and prowling along paths near Wallasey Beach in the Wirral has terrified locals. The person has caused chaos in the neighbourhood in Merseyside with some residents revealing they had 'never been so scared' after they encountered him. The figure, dressed entirely in a skin-tight black cat suit and mask, has been described as an 'urban jaguar', 'banshee' and a 'gimp' by residents after he was caught meowing and writhing around on the ground. Pictures and videos on social media show the peculiar person prancing along a path and wriggling under fences near a local Harvester pub. In a post on a local Facebook community page, Abbie Gilbert wrote: 'Anyone know who the freak in the cat mask and morph suit is at the coastal park near the harvester? 'Was walking my dog tonight and heard a man making cat noises, shone a torch he was waving his arms at me before crawling up the hill! Never been so scared!' Accompanying pictures showed a shadowy figure walking uphill, snapped in the torch light of Ms Gilbert's phone. One resident told the BBC that she noticed something strange as she walked her dog. Pictures and videos on social media show the peculiar person prancing along a path and wriggling under fences near a local Harvester pub She explained that as soon as she walked away from nearby streetlights, she began to hear growling. Her terrier Mac began barking and she shone her phone torch in to the field where she spotted 'a man in a panther costume', crawling up the hill towards her on all fours. She added: 'I didn't feel scared really, he was just waving his arms and making panther noises. I felt more confused than scared.' One resident, Becky Edwards, commented under the post that it was the same figure her friend had seen a few months ago and posted a picture of the man in a cat suit wriggling around on the floor near a fence. Another local, Adam Crouch, the owner of nearby Northern Kites Kitesurf and Wingfoil School, told the Telegraph that he thought it may simply be someone 'having a laugh'. However Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner Emily Spurrell encouraged anyone spotting the mysterious figure in a morph suit to report it to the police immediately. While the shadowy figure has sparked concern among some locals, others thought the incident was hilarious and took to Facebook to poke fun at the bizarre incident. Some joked, writing: 'I went through a stage of doing this year's ago but I've now got through it, don't ask MEOW!!!!' and 'Hi, this is my cat. He isn't chipped and is quite skittish, we've been missing him for a few days so please don't approach again. We're hoping he comes back home soon, my wife's boyfriend is worried sick'. Others called it 'the stuff of nightmares' while some asked 'is catting a thing now?'. MailOnline has contacted Merseyside Police for comment. The episode has drawn comparisons with the 'Somerset Gimp' who terrified motorists driving home at night by dressing in a black gimp suit in May 2023 in Bleadon, near Weston-super-Mare. Joshua Hunt, 32, was banned for five years from wearing masks, dressing in all-in-one black outfits at night and 'crawling, wriggling or writhing on the ground' in public after being linked to 25 horrifying incidents. Hunt's victims recalled never being so scared and told the court: 'I have never felt fear like that before, or since and I can only describe the scene as like something you see in a horror movie, I was that scared.' Avon and Somerset Police confirmed that Hunt had previously been arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance over a series of other 'gimp' incidents in the Cleeve, Claverham and Yatton areas of the county last year.
Telegraph
a day ago
- Telegraph
Mystery figure prowls streets dressed as big cat
A mystery figure has been terrorising a neighbourhood while dressed as a large cat. The figure – variously described online as an 'urban jaguar', 'banshee' and a 'gimp' – has been spotted prowling near Wallasey Beach in the Wirral. Footage posted on social media showed the figure dressed in a dark figure-hugging morph suit and a cat mask. Abbie Gilbert said she had been walking her dog on Sunday evening when her path crossed with the Merseyside panther. She posted footage of the encounter on the Facebook page Crimewatch Wirral with the caption: 'Was walking my dog tonight and heard a man making cat noises, shone a torch, he was waving his arms at me before crawling up the hill. Never been so scared.' Adam Crouch, the owner of nearby Northern Kites Kitesurf and Wingfoil School, said that the incident had taken place in the coastal park behind the Harvester Derby Pool Wallasey. He told The Telegraph: 'It could be someone having a laugh or someone trying to prey on people. It is quite weird. Maybe he just always dresses like that.' Another video posted on Facebook showed frightened car passengers screaming at the prancing figure. Emily Spurrell, the Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner, encouraged those with concerns to report them to the police. The cat figure's antics have been met with both ridicule and fear online. One user responded to a video by writing: 'Hi, this is my cat. He isn't chipped and is quite skittish, we've been missing him for a few days so please don't approach again. We're hoping he comes back home soon, my wife's boyfriend is worried sick.' Another advised those confronted by the fancy-dress feline to 'bark'. Other users feared for the cat person's safety, with one suggesting the police would 'have a word with him to stop jumping out on people as he himself could end up getting battered by someone'. Another dog walker spotted the Merseyside panther in the shadows by a pub. The woman told the BBC: 'I drove down to the coast by the Harvester pub to walk my dog and as soon as I was away from the street lights I began to hear a feline growling to my left. 'My little terrier, Mac, started barking away at the figure, so I got my phone for light and captured a short video. A man in a panther costume then crawled up the hill on all fours. I didn't feel scared, really, he was just waving his arms and making panther noises. I felt more confused than scared.'
