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The Naked Pumpkin Run is an annual event in certain United States municipalities where participants run a course through a town while nude, save for shoes and a carved pumpkin on their heads. Runs have been held in
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History

The event can be traced to 1974 when hundreds of
University of Colorado at Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado sys ...
students ran across the campus in the nude in a failed attempt to set a
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. Starting in 2001, scores of people took part in a
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run through Boulder's streets wearing only shoes and a hollowed-out pumpkin on their heads. In 2008, 150 people ran naked for the 10th official annual Naked Pumpkin Run. 12 participants were arrested and charged with indecent exposure. In 2009, local police threatened participants with charges of
indecent exposure Indecent exposure is the deliberate public exposure by a person of a portion of their body in a manner contrary to local standards of appropriate behavior. Laws and social attitudes regarding indecent exposure vary significantly in different ...
and registration as a
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if they were arrested during the run. The few people who subsequently participated in the run wore enough clothing to avoid being arrested. In 2010, the Boulder city council passed a
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prohibiting public nudity. Boulder's mayor said the city had ended the pumpkin run after it had attracted increasing numbers of participants. The
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argued in favor of the event. Boulder also hosts an annual
clothing-optional bike ride A clothing-optional bike ride is a cycling event in which nudity is permitted or expected. There are many clothing-optional cycling events around the world. Rides may be political, recreational, artistic, or a unique combination thereof. Some a ...
that protests the use of
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s. Runners in
Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of T ...
had their first Naked Pumpkin run on October 30, 2015. Ten runners participated in the inaugural event, without arrest or incident.


See also

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Nude recreation Nude recreation refers to recreational activities which some people engage in while nude. Historically, the ancient Olympics were nude events. There remain some societies in Africa, Oceania, and South America that continue to engage in everyday p ...
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Turkey trot Turkey trot are footraces, usually of the long-distance variety, held on or around Thanksgiving Day in the United States. The name is derived from the use of turkey as a common centerpiece of the Thanksgiving dinner. A few races in the United Ki ...


References

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External links


Naked Pumpkin Run.org
Clothing-free events Culture of Boulder, Colorado