April 30, 2009
HUMOR
Scavenger hunt marred by unfortunate wording The first annual Whitman College Scavenger Hunt also became the last annual Whitman College Scavenger Hunt last Saturday, when the wacky hilarity was brought to a sudden and violent halt at the discovery of a severalmonth-old cadaver. The location where the body was discovered or the supposed cause of death have yet to be released. “I mean, I never guessed that when the list said we needed to find ‘someone late’ it would mean this,” said a horrified participant who wished to remain anonymous. Organizers of the event fervently maintain that they intended teams to search for a person who was late in the temporal sense, such as a student who had overslept and missed the beginning of an IM frisbee game. Authorities, however, are taking this dark turn
of events much more seriously. “We haven’t ruled out the possibility that there might be four more bodies somewhere on campus [five teams total participated in the scavenger hunt - ed.],” said an officer of the Walla Walla Police Department. To this end, divers trolled the bottom of Lakum Duckum yesterday, although no evidence has yet turned up to suggest the presence of additional corpses. For their part, students involved in the hunt are simply trying to forget it. “I feel like somebody made me live out ‘The Most Dangerous Game,’” said one particularly well-read student. “I’m no General Zaroff! I’m not!” Passersby wished to point out that this is totally not like that story at all.
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