'Mystery figure haunting the Swiss woods for over a decade'

So, what do you think? is this someone who just happens to live in the area and dresses like thi for some unknown reason, or is this something paranormal? Could it be someone trying to pull a prank or are peple right ni connecting this to the like of the loch Ness monster?

Why would anyone bother to keep up with this for more than ten years? Surely someone must know as to what is going on here. If it was such a concern for the neighbourhood, why has this person, if it is  rwal person, never been stopped and questioned by authorities?

Could it be a bit more of a deeper mystery by allowing this to go on for the sake of tourism? Odd thing to do for such a long time just to maybe eventually get tourists visiting.. but, saying that, stranger things have happened  !!

The mystery figure. Picture: Le Matin

A SINISTER figure has reportedly been caught on camera lurking in the woods in western Switzerland.

Dressed in a military uniform with a gas mask covering his face, the figure, known as ‘Le Loyon’, is said to have been haunting the woods for the past decade. He apparently walks the same route every day.

However, there was no evidence of his existence until local news website Le Matin published the first known photograph of the mystery man last month, and now police are trying to track him down. But is it for real?

“I came across him near the marches,” an unnamed amateur photographer who tracked him down told Le Matin. “I approached him up to a dozen metres away.

“He had a military cape, boots and an army gas mark – an antique type, I think. He measured more than 1.9m. He stared at me then turned his back on me and left in silence.”

Other locals have also told of their frightening encounters with the man.

“It scared my children,” a woman said. “He came out of the woods with his military clothes. We saw neither his face nor his eyes behind his big dark gas mask. It was scary and I know women who are venturing alone in the forest.”

'Mystery figure haunting the Swiss woods for over a decade'