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Written by asap
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Wednesday, 19 July 2006 |
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 LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — The tawdry tradition started back in 1979 at Mugs Away Saloon when a patron said he’d buy a drink for anyone who would run outside to the railroad tracks and bare his behind to the next passing train.
Without any official organization or promotion, the annual mooning of the Amtrak trains was born and has since grown to become a full-on party of thousands in this southern Orange County city.
At the most recent event last weekend, about 5,000 teenagers, senior citizens, members of the Hessians motorcycle club and others lined up against a chain-link fence to moon the passing trains.
Mugs Away enjoyed a packed house where people drank, listened to music and ate hamburgers as they waited for the next train to pass.
Adam Downey, 21, of Newport Beach, said his grandmother told him about the train mooning and she used to do it herself. He and his girlfriend, Stacy Hogan, 20, were all set to moon a train.
What drew him to the bizarre event of minor exhibitionism?
“I like doing stuff like this, when there’s a big group getting together like this I like to go and see what it’s all about,” Downey said.
Parking along the street next to the train tracks filled up by noon and by mid-afternoon the mooning party was in full swing. Some booths had “Shooters for Hooters” signs in which breast-baring was awarded with a shot of alcohol.
The anticipation started to mount as soon as someone would yell out “Train!” — prompting people to scamper over to the chain-link fence. Some of the train conductors played to the crowd, slowing the wheeled behemoths as they passed.
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