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Photos: Joining this fight club? Bring a pillow

For a St. Valentine's Day massacre in San Francisco, the participants all brought something fluffy.
By Bill Detwiler, Contributor
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Pillow fight poster

A poster announcing the Valentine's Day Pillow Fight Club event in San Francisco. No organizer is listed on the poster. The event was organized somewhat like a flash mob: Word went out on e-mail lists, on social networking sites like Tribe.net and through general Internet word of mouth.

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Enthusiastic pillow fighters

These pillow fight participants have no shortage of enthusiasm for the event.

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The pillow fight crowd

Hundreds of pillow fighters have at it in San Francisco's Justin Herman Plaza on Tuesday evening.

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Flying feathers

Countless feathers set loose from the battered pillows make it look like snow is falling.

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Woman with pillow

A woman at the Pillow Fight Club event prepares to take down an opponent.

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Getting pounded

Being in the thick of things meant getting pounded by pillows and inhaling feathers.

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"Eat my polyfill"

One man uses his pillow to send a message to would-be attackers.

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Cleaning up

When the pillow fight was over, the cleanup was only just beginning.

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