Police Hunt Naked Hiker

[matcom]

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LONDON (Reuters) - Worried police are searching for a naked rambler who has been enjoying the sights along a famous British walking trail wearing only a floppy hat and a pair of hiking boots, the Times newspaper reported Tuesday. The man has startled other ramblers on several occasions in the past fortnight during his walks in the Yorkshire Dales in northern England, where he has been seen at several points on the 270-mile Pennine Way.

During one sighting, the rambler -- described as in his late 30s, of athletic build and sporting an all-over tan -- was reported to have said a cheerful "good afternoon" to a woman.

On another occasion he obligingly covered up, temporarily, after a male passer-by told him to put some clothes on.

Acting Chief Inspector Tadeusz Nowakowski, who is leading the hunt, said the mystery rambler could face charges of outraging public decency.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=3&u=/nm/20030805/od_nm/rambler_dc

[GOPisEvil]

1. Just because he wears a hat...it IS NOT ME!!!

:P

[GoddessOfGuinness]

2. My GOD! The HUMANITY!

Not that I'm a strong proponent of public nudity, but I find more amd more that I just don't care. Thong bathing suits, underwear commercials and steamy movie scenes have left me desensitized...

[Snow]

3. But why?

Go hiking in the Olympics in Washington State and you'll see nude hikers all of the place....

[TrogL]

4. Directions?

I'm gonna be in Vancouver in September and Wreak Beach is on the internerary. It's not much of a drive to Washington state.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. Somehow the thought of poison ivy rash on my privates

is less-than-appealing. But if other folks don't care, I don't see any big deal about letting them do their thing. It's just a body...

[disgruntella]

6. is it just me...

... or does the fact that his hat is a "floppy hat" make this ten times funnier?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. They don't mention where he wears his hat...

That could change the outcome of things... ;-)