Naked Swiss Hikers Face Stiff Penalties
By Wyatt Earp | February 10, 2009
If this chick is hiking naked, I am so vacationing in the Swiss Alps!
GENEVA – Naked mountain hikers in the Swiss canton of Appenzell-Innerrhoden will in future face on the spot fines of 200 Swiss francs ($170), Swiss daily Tages-Anzeiger reported over the weekend.
A wave of naked hiking — particularly popular with German visitors — outraged people last year in the traditionally minded canton, Switzerland’s smallest by population, which gave women the vote only in 1990.
Figures. The Germans are invading the conservative Swiss norms.
“We must protect our children from these immoral habits,” the paper quoted Melchior Looser, head of the cantonal justice and police department, as saying.
Police succeeded in catching a naked hiker red-handed last September, and the 44-year-old Swiss man was charged with public nuisance. But the case has not yet been heard, leading the local authorities to push for a quicker way to deal with offenders. (H/T - )
They caught a naked hiker red-handed. Are they sure that is all that was red? The article goes on to make a really good point. Where are the hikers going to carry the money needed to pay the fine?
And, if they are carrying money on their bodies, I don’t think I want to accept it, ya know?
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February 10th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Stiff *ahem* penalties, you say? I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this movie… Decent soundtrack, though.
February 10th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
AJ - Not a great plot, but terrific special effects. Heh.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Leave it to Wyatt to provide us with the naked truth, no matter where it takes us.