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Naked German chases pig that stole bag containing his laptop

Nudist chases boar who stole his clothes and laptop A boar stole a man's bag at Teufelssee and here are the photos of the exciting chase. He was naked cause, well, Germans. Pic from social media - Social media
Nudist chases boar who stole his clothes and laptop A boar stole a man's bag at Teufelssee and here are the photos of the exciting chase. He was naked cause, well, Germans. Pic from social media - Social media

Berliners attempting to cool off at one of the city’s lakes this week were treated to the spectacle of a portly naked man giving chase to a pig.

The gentleman in question was indulging in the time-honoured German pastime of nude bathing when a wild boar emerged from the surrounding forest, snatched his bag and made off with it.

The nudist immediately set off in hot and sweaty pursuit. And in the age of Twitter and Instagram, there were witnesses on hand to capture his quivering flesh on camera and post the resulting pictures online.

The bag, it appears, contained not only his clothing but also his laptop. It is not clear which he was most concerned about, but to general relief he was able to recover both from the clutches of the boar.

The incident took place on Wednesday evening at Teufelsee, or the Devil’s Lake, a popular bathing spot in Berlin’s Grunewald forest.

The forest is known for its wild boar, who sometimes roam into the city streets in search of food.

A 60-year-old woman who was also swimming at the time told Bild newspaper an entire family of boar visited the lake at the time of the incident.

“They weren’t shy at all,” the woman, who did not give her name, said. “It was as if the mother wanted to show her young how people live.

“The owner of the bag ran after the boar in his birthday suit. All the sun worshippers roared with laughter.”

The hotfooted nudist has not been named. But Gonçalo Trindade, a Twitter user who posted the images online, claimed he had seen the funny side and given permission for them to be shared.

“He was naked cause, well, Germans,” Mr Trindade tweeted.

Freikörperkultur, or Free Body Culture, remains enduringly popular in Germany, particularly in Berlin and the former communist East.

There are many designated nudist bathing spots, but it is not uncommon to see people sunbathing in the altogether elsewhere, including central Berlin’s Tierpark