By Juliette Tang
I’ve heard of people having sex on exercise balls, but I’ve never heard of an exercise ball fetish, in the true sense, before today. A 31-year old man from Duluth, MN, is on the run from cops after breaking into a gym and slashing a bunch of exercise balls “to satisfy a sexual urge”. According to the Associated Press:
Authorities are familiar with the man. A criminal complaint released Thursday said he was convicted in 2005 of breaking into a sports facility at the University of Minnesota in Duluth and slashing about 70 balls. Each ball cost between $30 and $60.
The complaint says when he pleaded guilty in that case, he admitted slashing more than 40 other balls at two clinics.Court documents said the man told police he slashed the rubber balls to satisfy a sexual urge. Experts said he has an unusual attraction to inflatable exercise devices.
While this is the first time I’ve ever heard of a fetish related to exercise balls, it’s really not that weird in context.