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Subject: Frozen dead guy festival newspaper article
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 03:40:49 +0100
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Below is an article as it appeared in the English version of the Main Norwegian
newspaper Aftenposten:
- Grandpa's festival, news
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Norwegian star of "Frozen Dead Guy" Festival
An obscure Norwegian grandfather has the role of honor in a bizarre
festival held in the USA. Bredo Morst l is arguably the most famous
resident of Nederland, Colorado, even though he has been dead for
over ten years.
Trgyve Bauge holds up a picture of his grandfather Bredo Morst
l. Bauge is optimistic that cloning technology will rescue
grandpa from the deep-freeze.
PHOTO: ALEKSANDER NORDAHL/SCANPIX
The people of Nederland, about 40 miles (65 km) northwest of Denver,
are holding a festival this weekend to honor the town's most famous
dead resident - Bredo Morst l, who died in his native Norway in
1989.
His devoted grandson Trygve Bauge shipped the body to Colorado and
preserved it in a makeshift cryogenics laboratory in a shed in his
backyard for a day in the future when granddad could be thawed and
brought back to life.
But Bauge, who had never bothered to become a legal US resident, was
eventually deported and soon town leaders learned of the odd
preservation. They quickly passed a law preventing anyone else from
freezing a dead body.
Morst l's remains have not been disturbed. "He's still there. Things
are still going well for him," state lawmaker Tom Plant of
Nederland told colleagues as he proposed proclaiming Saturday
"Frozen Dead Guy Day." But he was turned down cold by the
legislature.
That won't stop the festival, which features a coffin race,
according to Teresa Warren president-elect of the Nederland Area
Chamber of Commerce.
"We needed a winter festival," she said. "It's an opportunity to
laugh at ourselves." Nederland is near Eldora Ski Resort and local
businesses have been trying to figure out a way to get skiers to
stop and spend a little money in town instead of just passing
through, she said.
Besides the coffin race the town will offer a tour of the shed where
grandpa is still being preserved at minus 109F/78C.
There will also be a pancake breakfast and a "grandpa look-alike
contest." And it's definitely a posh affair. At the Grandpa Ball,
Chip and the Chowderheads will be the featured entertainment.
A portion of the proceeds will go toward keeping Morst l's body
frozen, Warren said.
(Aftenposten English Web Desk/Reuters)
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