Three women working for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) say an unsettling series of encounters with a man dressed as a mime escalated over two months at Cochituate State Park and the nearby Cochituate Rail Trail, about 20 miles west of Boston. Prosecutors allege the incidents culminated with the man stripping down to his underwear, coating himself in cooking oil, and exercising near the employees’ work area.
The man, identified by authorities as 29-year-old Hernan Villagran Lux of Framingham, appeared in Framingham District Court on July 20, 2026, after Massachusetts State Police arrested him the previous evening on the Cochituate Rail Trail. Court records show he pleaded not guilty. A judge later ordered him to undergo a mental health evaluation to determine whether he is competent to stand trial, according to the Boston Globe.
