Frozen Dead Guy Days

I'd heard a little bit about this festival before heading up to Nederland, though obviously I was a few months late. Some guy from Norway had his grandfather cryogenically frozen and was keeping him on dry ice in his yard. When he had problems with immigration and was about to be deported, he told town officials that he was worried about his grandfather, and so the situation came to light. They told him he couldn't just keep a frozen dead guy in his yard. It became a subject for local news, and a Boulder business donated a little shed for him to keep his grandfather in. Apparently grandad is still there, though I didn't pay him a visit. Every year they have a festival to celebrate him, however, complete with a "Grandpa's Blue Ball."