Barge sinks after nude sighting in Texas

[theweaselking]

AUSTIN, Texas - Partygoers apparently hoping to catch a glimpse of nude sunbathers crowded on one side of a floating barge, prompting the ship to capsize and dump all 60 people into Lake Travis.

Two people were hospitalized with minor injuries Sunday after the rented double-decker barge sank near Hippie Hollow, a lakeside park and the only public nude beach in Texas.

The accident occurred during Splash Day, a semiannual event hosted at the clothing-optional area by the Austin Tavern Guild, a gay and lesbian bar association.

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[harald387.livejournal.com]

According to a friend in Austin, the nudist angle was discounted; the beach wasn't all that populated at the time, and the reason for the capsizing was that they had sixty people on a boat meant for 40.

Either way, pff. Texans.

-K