Kennywood challenges fans to eat French fries topped with scorpion to win season passes

WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — Kennywood fans tested their gross-out tolerance on Saturday during a unique eating competition.

Officials say Darren Partatuzi of Pittsburgh was the winner of Kennywood’s first-ever Pantom Scorpion Showdown.

Five contestants tried to be the first to eat a serving of Kennywood’s Potato Patch fries topped with cheese and a whole dried scorpion.

Partatuzi downed the scorpion to take home the prize: two 2025 gold season passes and a prize pack.

For their effort, every participant got two passes that let them skip the line at Phantom Fall Fest’s haunts.

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