Roadside Mysteries

In the sleepy little town of Nederland, Colorado:

There is a frozen dead guy resting in this Tuff Shed.

And as this Wiki Link says, there is a yearly celebration in this town of the discovery of the cryogenically frozen corpse of a one Bredo Morstel.  The celebration includes various events like “The Polar Plunge” , the Hearse Parade and the Coffin races. And it would not have happened without:

The Parade “Grand Marshals”!

Of course there was no time to make a proper sign. Scratching the words “Grand Marshals” in the dirt on the side of a pickup truck is good enough! Riding in the truck are Robin, Kathy and Shelly Beeck, the creators of an independent short subject film documentary called “Grandpa’s in the TUFF SHED” The film put Nederland on the map. And the rest is hearstory.

Among the coffin race contenders: The Bone Cutting Butchers

And who’s this? Could  it be…

Coffin Bieber Fever!

The Missfits coffin

The fabulous Pink Socks team; The Nedhead’s favorite

Lumberjack’s Coffin

Number one of two Mystery Machine coffins

Team Super Mario

Team Gangreen

Team Death by Mercury

Team I can’t read what it says on the guy’s shirt

Team Gogo Gaga

Team Green Sneaker

The Coffin Race judge is ready!

…and they’re off! The Missfits are overtaking the Mystery Machine at the moment.

Here the “Nedterrestrials” try to get their saucer-shaped coffin to the finish line.

I think the Pink Socks team won eventually. We don’t know. We left early to avoid the mountain traffic.

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