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Amtrak Mooners Forced To Pull Up Pants
8,000 Revelers Moon Amtrak Trains
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. -- The moons had to stop shining in the Orange County beach town of Laguna Niguel.
Sheriff's deputies told some 8,000 partiers to pull up their pants Saturday afternoon, shutting down the annual celebration known as "Moon Over Amtrak."
California Highway Patrol officers were called in to assist Orange County sheriff's deputies in shutting down the event, where thousands of people bared their rear ends to passing Metrolink and Amtrak trains, reported KNBC-TV in Los Angeles.
More than 50 law officers broke up the event because of complaints by businesses and residents about public nudity, said Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino.
"There were complaints about the mooning, women lifting their tops and a couple cases of complete nudity," Amormino said.
There were also reports of public alcohol consumption at the event, which has been prohibited in the past.
Amormino said the crowd dispersed peacefully, and no arrests were made.
The event originated in 1979, at the Mugs Away Saloon in Laguna Niguel, when K.T. Smith told friends he would buy a drink for anyone willing to run outside to the rail road tracks and moon the next train. Many of Smith's drinking buddies did, and the mooning tradition lived on -- although no one volunteers to buy drinks for the thousands of mooners who come out.
8,000 Revelers Moon Amtrak Trains
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. -- The moons had to stop shining in the Orange County beach town of Laguna Niguel.
Sheriff's deputies told some 8,000 partiers to pull up their pants Saturday afternoon, shutting down the annual celebration known as "Moon Over Amtrak."
California Highway Patrol officers were called in to assist Orange County sheriff's deputies in shutting down the event, where thousands of people bared their rear ends to passing Metrolink and Amtrak trains, reported KNBC-TV in Los Angeles.
More than 50 law officers broke up the event because of complaints by businesses and residents about public nudity, said Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino.
"There were complaints about the mooning, women lifting their tops and a couple cases of complete nudity," Amormino said.
There were also reports of public alcohol consumption at the event, which has been prohibited in the past.
Amormino said the crowd dispersed peacefully, and no arrests were made.
The event originated in 1979, at the Mugs Away Saloon in Laguna Niguel, when K.T. Smith told friends he would buy a drink for anyone willing to run outside to the rail road tracks and moon the next train. Many of Smith's drinking buddies did, and the mooning tradition lived on -- although no one volunteers to buy drinks for the thousands of mooners who come out.
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