Tag: Frozen Dead Guy Days
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The new life of Colorado’s Frozen Dead Guy: A curious tale grows larger
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ESTES PARK • Last April, Stanley Hotel owner John Cullen found himself on a 14-hour flight to Norway to discuss the acquisition of a man’s dead, frozen grandfather. “What the hell am I doing?” he recalled asking himself. He recalled another thought: “Thank God I…
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The Somewhere Else land of miners, hippies, music stars and a frozen dead guy | Colorful Colorado
NEDERLAND • Let’s start with the frozen dead guy. It’s a fine place to start, because if you’ve heard about Nederland, chances are it’s because you’ve heard about the frozen dead guy, he of the annual Frozen Dead Guy Days, which is probably Colorado’s weirdest festival. Since starting in 2002, it’s gotten worldwide attention. For…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
THURSDAY-SATURDAY Remember that flute, violin, clarinet, French horn or drum you or your youngster played years ago? This weekend those instruments can be donated at music stores and locations throughout Colorado to be fixed up for children who would love to learn music but maybe can’t afford an instrument. No pianos or organs, please.…
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Frozen Dead Guy Days set to return to Nederland next month
Coffin races, polar plunges, human foosball, music and more will return to Nederland next month as Frozen Dead Guy Days resurrects from the grave after a two-year hiatus. The festival that brings people from across the world to Nederland to honor the town’s cryogenically frozen resident, Bredo Morstoel of Norway, will run March 18-20. “We’re…
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For the second straight year, Frozen Dead Guy Days will stay ‘chillin’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After being cancelled just two days before it was scheduled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Frozen Dead Guy Days will have another year to defrost. The organizers of the annual March festival that attracts the curious from across the world to Nederland announced…