POLICE are hunting a flasher who jumped out in front of a woman on the Lancaster Canal towpath on Tuesday.

The woman was close to Keswick Road at 1.10pm when the man, naked from the waste down, appeared from behind bushes.

She walked off but reported the incident to police. The man is described as being in his late 30s or early 40s with light brown hair.

He was wearing a fleece top and carrying a mobile telephone.