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Cockroach-Eating Contest Tonight at Six Flags Fright Fest

Want to win a season pass to Six Flags Great America in Gurnee? What you'll have to do for it may be hard (and wiggly) to swallow!

What: Friday Night Feast

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Who: First ten registrants at the theme park

Contest: The first person to eat five live Madagascar hissing cockroaches wins two 2013 season passes. Each participant wins a one-use Flash Pass.

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Join us at Six Flags Great America as we host our most popular eating contest featuring live Madagascar hissing cockroaches. These creepy crawlers can average 2-3” in length and 1-1 ½” in width.

This contest of chomping down five live Madagascar hissing cockroaches is not for the squeamish, but to the victor comes two free 2013 season passes valid thru next year’s Fright Fest.

Submitted by Six Flags

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