Downtown Nederland turns into a celebration including a hearse parade, coffin races, poetry readers and more during Frozen Dead Guy Days on Saturday, March 9, 2019 in Nederland, CO. (Chet Strange, Special to The Denver Post)
Jimmy Carroll, as Scooby, gets carried away by Jake Toukas, as Shaggy, before the parade at Nederland's 18th annual Frozen Dead Guy Days in 2019. (Cliff Grassmick, Boulder Daily Camera)- Andrew Scelzi of Fort Collins, Colorado poses for a portrait during the Frozen Dead Guy Days festival on March 9, 2019 in Nederland, Colorado. (Jason Connolly, AFP/Getty Images)
- Team Gear races during the Frozen Dead Guy Days festival's Coffin Races on March 9, 2019 in Nederland, Colorado. (Jason Connolly, AFP/Getty Images)
- A skeleton tickles an ice pig during Nederland's 18th annual Frozen Dead Guy Days in 2019.(Cliff Grassmick, Boulder Daily Camera)
- Jamie Neal of Bend, Oregon racing for team Hosen Dead Guys lies on a stretcher during the Frozen Dead Guy Days festival's Coffin Races on March 9, 2019 in Nederland, Colorado. (Jason Connolly, AFP/Getty Images
- An intimidating hood ornament during Nederland's 18th annual Frozen Dead Guy Days in 2019.(Cliff Grassmick, Boulder Daily Camera)
- A polar plunge participant attempts to change into his boots during Frozen Dead Guy Days on Saturday, March 9, 2019 in Nederland, CO. (Chet Strange, Special to The Denver Post)
- Contestants in the coffin race walk through downtown during Frozen Dead Guy Days on Saturday, March 9, 2019, in Nederland. (Photo by Chet Strange/Special to The Denver Post)
- Attendees could sign up for a human foosball tournament during Frozen Dead Guy Days on Saturday, March 9, 2019 in Nederland, CO. (Chet Strange, Special to The Denver Post)
- Participants dive in for a Polar Plunge costume contest during Frozen Dead Guy Days on Saturday, March 9, 2019 in Nederland. (Chet Strange, Special to The Denver Post)
- Crowds cheer on the participants of the coffin races during Frozen Dead Guy Days on Saturday, March 9, 2019, in Nederland. (Photo by Chet Strange/Special to The Denver Post)
- A team navigates the first snow berm in the coffin races during Frozen Dead Guy Days on Saturday, March 9, 2019 in Nederland, CO. (Chet Strange, Special to The Denver Post)
- Bystanders watch the coffin races during Frozen Dead Guy Days on Saturday, March 9, in Nederland. (Chet Strange, Special to The Denver Post)
- Contestants in the coffin races during Frozen Dead Guy Days on Saturday, March 9, 2019, in Nederland. (Photo by Chet Strange/Special to The Denver Post)
- A team navigates one of the snow berms in the coffin races during Frozen Dead Guy Days on Saturday, March 9, 2019 in Nederland, CO. (Chet Strange, Special to The Denver Post)
- A team makes their way through the coffin races course during Frozen Dead Guy Days on Saturday, March 9, 2019 in Nederland. (Photo by Chet Strange/Special to The Denver Post)
- A coffin with a Frozen Dead Guy Days logo during Frozen Dead Guy Days on Saturday, March 9, 2019 in Nederland, CO. (Chet Strange, Special to The Denver Post)
- Teams at the starting line of the coffin races during Frozen Dead Guy Days on Saturday, March 9, 2019 in Nederland, CO. (Chet Strange, Special to The Denver Post)
- Participants in the coffin races make their way through town during Frozen Dead Guy Days on Saturday, March 9, 2019 in Nederland, CO. (Chet Strange, Special to The Denver Post)
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Downtown Nederland turns into a celebration including a hearse parade, coffin races, poetry readers and more during Frozen Dead Guy Days on Saturday, March 9, 2019 in Nederland, CO. (Chet Strange, Special to The Denver Post)
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One of the wildest events in the country, returned to Nederland with its coffin races, polar plunges, human foosball and more.
Now in its 18th year FDGD pays homage to Bredo Morstol, a man frozen in a state of suspended animation, housed in a Tuff Shed on dry ice high above Nederland.
