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Looking for a real adventure -- one that will put a cool 5 grand in your pocket if you succeed?
Just find Evan Ratliff.
Ratliff is a writer for Wired magazine, and he's performing a vanishing act. Since Aug. 15 he's been on the lam, hiding from everybody in his life -- his family, his friends, his editors. If you're the first person to find him by Sept. 15, you'll win $5,000.
Fortunately, Ratliff is leaving all sorts of clues in his wake, so you won't be following a cold trail. You just need smarts, frequent-flier miles, and an appetite for adventure.
Pictures of your quarry, including a helpful dossier and more, are available here. But here are the basics, courtesy of Ratliff's story on Wired:
Starting August 15, I will try to stay hidden for 30 days. Not even my closest friends or my editors will know where I am. I’ll remain in the US and will be online regularly. I will continue to use social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, and I’ll make cell phone calls. I’ll generally stay in the kind of social environment I like to live in (no hiding in a cabin in Montana), and I’ll keep track of my pursuers, searching constantly for news about myself.
Information about me will be posted here at wired.com/vanish. The Web page will provide everything a plugged-in investigator would have, including activity on my frequent flier, credit card, and ATM accounts — if I’m foolish enough to use them. Wired will also post interviews with my friends and family members and log calls made by my usual phones and emails sent from my usual addresses.
To win, you have to locate me between August 15 and September 15. You’ll take my photo and say the password: fluke. I’ll give you a second code word, known to me and to Wired. Email that word, along with the photo, to my editor at nicholas_thompson@wired.com. Upon doing so, you will agree to be interviewed so that in a future issue I can tell the story of how you found me.
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