November 1, 2009 Costumed revelers pack streets of West Hollywood Play video

(NECN/KABC: Hollywood, CA) - Tens of thousands of costumed revelers packed the streets of West Hollywood, California for Halloween night.

For several hours, people stroll up and down Santa Monica Boulevard flaunting their creative costumes for the annual West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval.

There was also a costume contest and several secret judges walked through the crowd looking for the evening's best outfit.

The big crowd means big traffic backups and that was the case this Halloween with highways and back roads all around Santa Monica Boulevard packed with cars.