Boone Ashworth for Wired:
On a Wednesday night in August, hundreds of people gathered in the lobby of Apple Cinemas in central San Francisco. To gain admission to the event, attendees had to say a secret code word to the crew working the door: three giggling children wearing oversize “SECURITY” caps.
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This was the grand finale of Pursuit, a citywide scavenger hunt that took place for several weeks throughout San Francisco.
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This is the second citywide Pursuit game; the first was held in the summer of 2024, and 300 people showed up for the finale. The scavenger hunt is funded in part by FranciscoSan.org, a grant initiative started by an anonymous benefactor that has allotted $100,000 to fund local efforts to “make the city and county of San Francisco more whimsical through eventures [sic] and installations.” The rest of the funding came from the organizers, a group of 20 or so friends.