02 November,2009 08:21 AM IST | | Agencies
An annual Halloween tradition has failed to materialise in Boulder, with the threat of police action quashing the Nude Pumpkin Run.
Each year, dozens have run down the city's streets wearing only shoes and a hollowed-out pumpkin on their heads.
Up to 100 officers were deployed around Boulder this Halloween. Police said participants this year faced indecent exposure charges.
"I have heard people say, 'It's just not worth it. Let's not go down'," said Boulder's Police Chief Mark Beckner.
Local reports say with up to 4,000 people taking part in Halloween revelry, a handful of individuals did take part in the run, but that when police caught up with them they were sufficiently clothed as to be 'within the law'.
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A police spokesperson said only one Halloween-related arrest had been made, which was not connected to the Naked Pumpkin Run.
