 Interview and intro by: Matthew Parrish / Photograph by: Matthew Parrish Final Thought: "Scavenger Hunt Was Born"My buddy Tyson use to always do these clue based hunts at work. It was always so much fun. Basically he would spend a few hours writing and hiding clue around work/the neighbourhood. He would then steal something of your like you cellphone and you would have to follow all the clues to finally get your phone back. It ruled. --
Dustin Dopsa: During the days of high school, weekends are often filled with the same monotonous house party.
Truth.Explosion.Magazine: Like same people?
DD: In different places and at different times but often with the same people - Especially in Barrie.
TEM: Yeah I hear ya.
DD: So initiated by boredom and a small inspiration from Hollywood, our high school scavenger hunt was born.
TEM: Scavenger hunt eh? Tell me more!
DD: So basically, Nolan (My best friend at my high school, I’ve known him since like grade seven. Smart dude, and extremely sarcastic, often gets himself into trouble for insignificant offences, like arguments with teachers, etc.) and I created a scavenger hunt along with another friend from our high school, William (another stellar dude, that’s one of our buddies).
TEM: Haha! That rules! We do them at work sometimes. So how did it all start?
DD: We plotted and brain stormed ideas for approximately a month before announcing an official date for the event.
TEM: Was there a theme or something?
DD: The style of the hunt was based off of the 24 hour Viva-La Bam scavenger hunt, but ours was…yoless MTV.
TEM: I like the sounds of that!
DD: Yea dude, multiple teams were created for the event and each team was given a long list of tasks, each task with a specific point ranking.
TEM: How big were the teams?
DD: Teams had a maximum number of participants; each participant had to contribute a minimum amount of points (weeding out the snitches).
TEM: Yeah for sure! “No sitting at the table, if you’re bringing nothin to it!”
DD: Haha, exactly! No bystanders, if you’re in; you’re in!
TEM: So sounds like everything was set!
DD: The night was pretty much destined for greatness, all tasks had to be filmed and there was an after party specifically for viewing the footage and getting wasted.
TEM: Man! Such a great idea! Did anything unexpected happen?
DD: Most definitely. A couple of the tasks on the list seemed to kind of be over the line, no one thought they would get completed. So my buddy Nolan goes, "I think I’m going to run through the mall naked".
TEM: Haha! How many points was that worth?
DD: The task was worth 1000 points, so naturally it was well worth it.
TEM: Yeah man!
DD: Not to mention the possibilities of getting caught, fined and probably charged.
TEM: Haha! Yeah bigtime!
DD: So we’re in the car while he’s preparing, and I find myself with the camera-man duties.
TEM: How exactly does one prepare to streak a mall?
DD: Prayers to the god’s and goddesses of nakedness and streaking, haha. But no, he was just taking clothes off, that way there was no need to actually strip down in the mall etc.
TEM: So did you just all run in there screaming?!
DD: Basically haha, we booked it into the mall and Nolan danced around for a bit and some fat dude yelled "streaking!" and flashed Nolan.
TEM: Haha! Some random?
DD: Haha, yea some random dude like pretty much took off his shirt. And I call it flashing because it was pretty much like a girl had done the flashing, dude had huge titties.
TEM: Haha! What did you do next?
DD: We’re on our way back to the car and this mom and her kid are walking back to their car…
TEM: Oh no!
DD: Nolan yells, "Mam, hey mam, look!" and the woman and her son get a direct look at his hairy ass naked body.
TEM: Ewwwww! Sounds mental man!
DD: Yea I guess so; we just all thought it was hilarious. Anyways, endless amounts of stupid shit took place as the night continued, including myself egging a human advertisement; on foot like a man.
TEM: Haha!
DD: As well, we legit washed William’s hair in the middle of a Shoppers Drug Mart with their product.
TEM: Ohh man! So good!
DD: Yea definitely some funny shit. Anyway, the night continued and I ended up shitting in the upper tank of a toilet at Wal-Mart (so uncomfortable), Nolan shat on a curb right outside the window of a Starbucks, and I poured a bottle of urine on somebody’s SUV.
TEM: Man oh man! That is all such crazy stuff! I have one final question – what is the “truth” about Dustin Dopsa?
DD: The truth is, all in all I have my good days, bad days and spectacular days but I’m just a regular dude who likes writing music!
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