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A 'masked man' was spotted spying on a couple through their window at midnight in Somerset, according to reports.
The latest reported incident has left local residents fearing that the latex-clad gimp who terrorised the nearby villages of Claverham and Yatton two years ago has returned.
Avon and Somerset Police were called to a house in the village of Claverham on September 1 at 00.15am but were 'unable to locate the man'.
Since November 2018, there have been over 14 reports of a person dressed in disguises approaching people at night in the village.
A 'masked man' was spotted spying on a couple through their window at midnight in the village of Claverham, Somerset, on September 1, leaving locals fearing the 'gimp man' has returned (picture of the man taken by a victim in July 2019)
Following a police search in 2019, using helicopters and sniffer dogs, two men, aged 28 and 34, were arrested on suspicion of indecency offences.
However, due to insufficient evidence they were both later released without charge and no further action was taken against them.
The last reported incident was in July 2019, when a person
