Monster Bash 2012: Chilly temps can't spook parade-goers

Members of Girl Scout Troop 53767 were dressed for the occasion – and the chilly weather -- Saturday morning as they rode in the fifth annual Monster Bash Parade. Bulletin photo by Jon Avise

East Point Douglas Road was a sea of costumed parade marchers and candy-seekers. Crowds braved near-freezing temperatures Saturday to watch the annual Halloween parade that is put on by the Cottage Grove Strawberry Fest Committee. Bulletin photo by Jon Avise.

A member of Cub Scout Pack 55 does his best Harry Potter imitation as his group awaits the start of the Monster Bash Parade just before 10 a.m. Saturday. Bulletin photo by Jon Avise.

Madison Busch, 4, of St. Paul Park, hightails it back to the curb while dressed in a bumble bee costume after making off with a handful of candy.

Arbor Hill Tree Farm turned one of the Cottage Grove company’s dump trucks into a giant spider that crawled along East Point Douglas Road at the rear of the parade. Bulletin photo by Jon Avise.

Costumed Monster Bash particpants large and small dished out sweets to parade-goers. Here, a young witch gets ready to toss some candy toward the curb. Bulletin photo by Jon Avise.

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