About the Raleigh Typhoon

The heart of downtown Raleigh serves as the playing field for the Raleigh Typhoon scavenger hunt.  Over the past two years, nearly 750 participants teamed up to find specific items, and perform tons of fun tasks in the hopes of capturing the grand prize. The tasks have included; getting upside down for a Red Bull can, riding a Raleigh Rickshaw, tasting delicious chocolates at Escazu, participating in a “bar olympics,” finding dozens of Frida Kahlos at Dos Taquitos, acting out crimes at White Collar, finding a “Waldo” look-a-like, playing video games, completing a word search, putting a jigsaw puzzle together, being a human bowling ball at Endless Grind, and deciphering a few puzzles, just to name a few. One of the puzzles made hunters figure out that the, “pan-optic-cylinder,” was our iconic Clarion hotel, led them to a suite, prompted them to knock, reveal a password which granted them access to the cityscape and made them find an octopus on a rooftop. Another puzzle made participants find a fountain, figure out where the survey marker is on the Capital building and find wolf statues that were part of the Red Wolf Ramble.   Each team is required to bring back certain objects and take pictures with a digital camera in order to prove that they found certain items including: statues, dates, names, logos, a cup, two parks, “the” acorn, the hidden side of a building, the two sides of our great Raleigh flag, etc…

The Raleigh Typhoon is designed to be challenging, entertaining, at times educational, and definitely a great way to spend time in downtown Raleigh with your friends! The Raleigh Typhoon is not a race, participants are encouraged to take their time, there are a few pitfalls that may delay and amuse you along the way. Yet there are rewards for coming on top. This year, there will only be one grand prize winner and the team that wins will receive $2000.  The rest of the prizes will be given away throughout the day.  The Raleigh Typhoon 3 is taking place on Saturday October 3rd and the organizers are working hard to make it bigger and better than last year (and by the way, we have figured out a way to determine the winner without having to grade individual team sheets, so this year there will not be any standing in line to await your team score).  Don’t miss out on the fun and discover a little more about downtown Raleigh’s treasures.

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The Raleigh Typhoon will be donating a portion of the proceeds to these wonderful organizations:

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

The Beehive Collective