Winnipeg Free Press

Updated: November 2, 2008 at 08:10 AM CST

BOULDER, Colo. — Police in Colorado have ticketed about a dozen people running naked on the street while sporting freshly gutted pumpkins on their heads as part of an annual Halloween event.

The citations for indecent exposure Friday night came as dozens of other costumed revellers, including a man with a red cape and a sword, chanted to police officers to let go of the streakers and “find real criminals.”

The event known in Boulder, Colo. as the Naked Pumpkin Run has been held for 10 years.

This year it drew a huge crowd, prompting concern from police.

Boulder police Chief Mark Beckner says officers “wanted to do something before (the event) got out of hand.”

–The Associated Press