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A man says he was banned from his favourite bar for being "creepy" and standing too close to women.

Since Nicolai Gamulea Schwartz was thrown out of The Polar Bear in Hull on Tuesday he has been in a state of confusion.

The 50-year-old claimed he was left feeling hurt and out in the cold because no attempt was made to discuss his alleged wrongdoing, Hull Daily Mail reported.

"I got banned from my favourite pub because, allegedly, some female customers have complained that I was creepy and stood too close to them on the dancefloor," Mr Schwartz said.

"I may look strange with my long hair and beard, and people sometimes do say that I look scary, but I'd never do anything inappropriate to upset someone, so being kicked out with no warning is so shocking.

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"I wasn't even given the chance to explain myself or apologise when the event allegedly happened - I just got told by bouncers the next time I walked in [to The Polar Bear] that I couldn't go there anymore."

Mr Schwartz has racked his brain for reasons why he might have been banned, but came up short.

"I know that I did not do any touching, twerking, talking, or making sexual advances, jokes. I wasn't rude, or displaying threatening body language, or even drunk and starting fights," he said.

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"There was no breaking of glassware on my part, no puking, no p***ing or drawing on the wall. No.

"Simply by being there, in their proximity and doing nothing, I was 'creepy' and for that I got banned from The Polar Bear completely out of the blue, with no warning whatsoever.

"I used to be treated as a VIP there while I was offering them professional photography work for free, but then I stopped doing that and I was instantly demoted to 'tolerated'.

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"But in the long run, middle aged foreign male creeps who do nothing can't be tolerated forever, can they?

"It's really upsetting - I feel hurt and have friends that always go there that I won't be able to see."

The Mirror Online contacted The Polar Bear for comment.