- Sussex Police are trying to identify an "evil" paraglider who has been accused of bothering beach-goers with abusive behavior over the last two years, The Independent reports.
- The paraglider has been accused of "behaving in an antisocial manner" by obstructing highways and behaving abusively toward people, according to authorities.
- The man also flies low over the coast, which is not permitted, according to police.
Sussex Police are trying to identify an "evil" paraglider who has been accused of bothering beach-goers in Bexhill-on-Sea with abusive behavior over the last two years, The Independent reports.
Police say that the paraglider has allegedly behaved in an "aggressive," and at times even criminal, way toward other people.
"Over the past two years Sussex Police has received reports of the paraglider causing criminal damage, obstructing the highway, being abusive and hostile towards members of the public and generally behaving in an antisocial manner," authorities said.
People who claim to have seen the paraglider in action said they now go out of their way to avoid Sussex for fear of running into him.
"He is evil," a man named Richard Porter told the outlet. "His language foul and obscene. We fell foul of him on more than one occasion. My wife will no longer go up there in case he is there."
"He flies really low, he's a social nuisance," a woman named Samantha Small said.
Flying low over the coast, as the man allegedly does, is not permitted, according to authorities.
"There is a bylaw restricting taking off and landing along the area of the seashore and we're currently collecting evidence of any contraventions and we will liaise with the police to support their investigation," a spokesman for the Rother District Council told The Independent.
According to one local official, the beach-front town doesn't usually attract allegedly rogue paragliders.
"People come here to enjoy a quiet retirement coastal area and they want it as such. They don't want, particularly, people hang-gliding," Rother District Councillor Ian Hollidge told The Independent. "We've got enough seagulls around here without humans doing it as well."
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