Boulder’s Naked Pumpkin Run

Hundreds of nude runners take to streets : County News : Boulder Daily Camera 103108:

The 10th annual Naked Pumpkin Run in Boulder turned rowdy, as police began ticketing some participants for indecent exposure late Friday night and hundreds of other costumed revelers started chanting “Let them go!” and telling officers to “find real criminals.”

A man in a red cape and sword climbed the pinnacle in front of the Boulder County Courthouse on the Pearl Street Mall, leading the chant with his sword.

About a dozen people were ticketed shortly after the crowd started its Halloween run at 10:45 p.m.

The group of runners, who annually shed their clothes and streak Pearl Street wearing only pumpkins over their heads, was huge this year — and that was part of the concern for police, who have rarely ticketed runners in other years.

See Amy Gahran’s video.