A man apparently covered in blood in Wellington this morning turned out to be drunk after a night out dressed as a nurse.
Police and ambulance services were called to a property in Vivian St at 6.40am after a caller reported a man "dead or passed out" in a lift.
But a police spokeswoman said it turned out to be an early Halloween incident.
"On arrival, the man was responsive to prods," she said.
"He was very intoxicated, wearing a nurse costume and covered in fake blood."
