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PHOTOS: Rifle’s Trunk or Treat gives candy to excited kids

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Katherine Tomanek

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A crossover in the Spiderverse, Spiderman and Coraline deal with their own eight-legged villains (Doc Ock and the Other Mother) while they wait for candy in line at Rifle's Trunk or Treat in Brendan Theater's parking lot on Friday afternoon.
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Rifle held their annual Trunk or Treat event on Friday morning, where long lines of children and their caretakers showed up in costume to participate. Numerous trunks were open from businesses and parties in and around Rifle, wearing group costumes like pirates, characters from Super Mario or dinosaurs. Children of all ages came, including some who were having their first Halloween.

A baby dragon with a pacifier is held closely by their mom during what looks like their first time trick or treating at Rifle’s Trunk or Treat in the Brendan Theater parking lot on Friday morning.
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This guy is ready to go plundering for candy on behalf of the Rifle Police Department, becoming the Rifle Piracy Department for a day, as part of the PD’s pirate costumes during Rifle’s Trunk or Treat event in the Brendan Theater parking lot on Friday morning.
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A garden gnome waits for his turn to get some candy and coins from a Mario themed trunk during the Trunk or Treat event in Rifle on Friday morning in the Brendan Theater parking lot.
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A young spider witch excitedly exclaims about all the candy she’s receiving so far at the Trunk or Treat event at the Brendan Theater parking lot in Rifle on Friday morning.
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Mayor Sean Strode of Rifle escorts famed witch and wizard, Hermione Granger and Harry Potter on their way through Rifle’s Trunk or Treat event at the Brendan Theater parking lot on Friday morning.
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Jack Skellington, Oogie Boogie, and Harley Quinn get their photo taken in front of the Rifle Police Department’s tricked out pirate ship car at the Trunk or Treat event in Rifle on Friday morning in the Brendan Theater parking lot.
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A young Wednesday Addams with skeletal friends stands in the trunk of a truck on Friday morning during Rifle’s Trunk or Treat event in the Brendan Theater parking lot.
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A firefighter (not in costume) hands out candy to a half dozen costumed boys during Rifle’s Trunk or Treat event on Friday morning at the Brendan Theater parking lot.
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Kids were playing tag and running around in their costumes during the Trunk or Treat in the Brendan Theater parking lot on Friday morning in Rifle.
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