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Day of the dead: All six participants outlast Six Flags St. Louis' coffin challenge

Day of the dead: All six participants outlast Six Flags St. Louis' coffin challenge

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All six of the aspiring coffin-dwellers who took Six Flags of St. Louis' challenge to spend 30 hours in a wooden coffin went the distance Sunday.

Each won their coffin, two gold season passes for 2019, $300 and other prizes.

The challenge started at 1 p.m. Saturday with a "laying to rest ceremony," and ended at 7 p.m. Sunday with a "raising from the dead."

They were required to stay in the coffins the whole time, except for a six-minute bathroom break every hour and a series of mini-challenges.

Coffin Challenge

Participants, including Stevi Rogers (front), of Fort Wayne, Ind., use their phones during the limited time they were allowed to during the first hours of the Six Flags St. Louis 30-Hour Coffin Challenge, on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. Photo by Johanna Huckeba, jhuckeba@post-dispatch.com.

Six Flags spokeswoman Elizabeth Gotway's idea proved so popular, it went viral, prompted over 45,000 applicants and inspired other parks to host their own challenges.

The participants were fed in the coffins and also allowed some time to use cellphones. They were watched by park goers and visited by "Fright Fest Freaks" after hours.

The six successful coffin challengers all had season-appropriate interests or professions.

Brian Johnson of Arnold is a professional wrestler whose alter ego is Kahyman, master of the dark arts. 

Navy veteran Keith Richter of Atoka, Tenn., served on five different submarines, sometimes referred to as “Iron Coffins.”

Matt Daley of Topeka, Kan., is a Halloween enthusiast who has run a haunted house for 12 years and drives a 1989 Cadillac Brougham hearse.

St. Louis University student Olivia Crabtree of Naperville, Ill., is studying forensic science and aspires to be a medical examiner.

Stacey Wagner of Thomasboro, Ill., has been working in the funeral industry since the age of 16 and has been a licensed funeral director and embalmer for a decade.

Stevi Rogers of Fort Wayne, Ind., says she is intrigued by the legends and lifestyles of vampires.

Photos: Coffin challenge kicks off at Six Flags

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