CMA Festival attendees may have gotten to see more than they bargained for in downtown Nashville on Wednesday.

That's because on the eve of the four-day festival, which runs Thursday through Sunday, witnesses told Metro police they watched a man walking along Lower Broadway naked from the waist down.

According to an arrest affidavit, officers responded to 3rd Avenue South and Broadway for a report of a person walking down the street with no pants or underwear on.

The affidavit goes onto say arriving officers found 43-year-old Thomas Harrell naked from the waist down in the heart of Lower Broadway, a bustling, mainly pedestrian thoroughfare where much of the festival events are taking place.

Police said Harrell smelled strongly of alcohol and had bloodshot, watery eyes.

Officers arrested him on charges of public indecency and public intoxication. He was booked early Wednesday morning.

Harrell, who authorities said lives in Nashville, was booked into the Metro jail where records show he remained Thursday morning on $100 bond.

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