This is not the naked truth.
A prankster posted a fake sign at a popular Chicago beach over the holiday weekend warning that it was suddenly being turned into a nudist park.
A fake Parks District sign reading “Nude Beach Pass This Sign” is seen stuck in the sand of Loyola Beach, which is less than a mile from its famous Catholic university in the Rogers Park neighborhood.
City Alderwoman Maria Hadden posted a photo of the official-looking sign Monday, warning beachgoers not to bare it all on Labor Day.
“We have been informed that someone has put up this naughty sign at Loyola Beach. Please note this is not an official @ChicagoParks sign,” Hadden posted to Xformerly known as Twitter.
“We have reported to Parks so they can remove it. As a reminder, at least some clothing is required on all our beaches.”
Fortunately, no one seems to have fallen for the nudity trick — Chicago police have no reports of the prank.
Nude beach sign found planted in Loyola Beach on Labor Day.X / @ChiAlderwoman
While the hoax may be just for laughs, it actually has some roots in local history.
According to Hadden, one of his 49th Ward predecessors introduced a competing 1932 resolution to create a nude sunbathing beach in the same location — just two years before it became the plot known as Loyola Beach.
George A. Williston’s proposal was hedged to appease men and women who had “sniffed the cult of the nudist in Germany and elsewhere in Europe,” according to a Chicago Tribune clipping shared by the politician.
The beach is less than a mile from Loyola University in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Flickr / Mike Harper
The proposed nudist beach will be equipped with elevated facilities that will block nearby buildings from viewing nudist beachgoers and will have separate spaces for men and women.
The nudist colony will also have a spokeswoman designated by the city, who will also be responsible for checking beach facilities for knot holes in the wood.
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