Over the last few months there have been numerous sightings of a mystery man living wild in Sutton Park, West Midlands. He has been dubbed Bark Foot because he wears a hat and shoes apparently made from tree bark. Patrick Sheehy told how his cousin Oliver was jogging through the 2,400-acre (970-ha) nature reserve one morning last May and was cutting through one of the holly groves when he collided with a man crouching over a pan full of sausages as he put out a fire.

The man's breakfast went flying. Oliver apologised and quickly departed as a gravelly voice shouted: "My snorkers are ruined!" A local reporter discovered the remains of a makeshift shelter with fireplace and frying pan.