Colorado coffin races put the ‘fun’ in funeral (Photo: Alex Stalker) Take one morbid historical story and a town noted for celebrating the stranger side of life and what do you get? If the town is Manitou Springs, Colo., you get the Emma Crawford Memorial Coffin Races, a madcap and macabre annual event set to take place on Oct. 27 this year. Read the complete story.
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Colorado coffin races put the ‘fun’ in funeral

(Photo: Alex Stalker)

Take one morbid historical story and a town noted for celebrating the stranger side of life and what do you get?

If the town is Manitou Springs, Colo., you get the Emma Crawford Memorial Coffin Races, a madcap and macabre annual event set to take place on Oct. 27 this year.

Source: nbcnews.com

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    Oh my god, I miss Manitou Springs so much.
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    I’m going to this tomorrow!
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