<p>i read somewhere that swarthmore has a tradition where they chase someone dressed as a pterodactyl as an annual event. does anyone know if that's true? lol</p>
<p>yes its true</p>
<p>Of course it's true. :]</p>
<p>It's actually one of the things that first attracted me to Swat, haha.</p>
<p>"The whole point is to push the pterodactyls back into extinction. First, though, you have to kill a lot of other monsters. Bear with me on this. You duel the monsters with foam bats (but dont hit them on the headthats illegal). The monsters are elaborately costumed. The combatants run around the lawn below Sharples wearing trash bags. A human-sized cat roams the field for no obvious reason. Its a little like an elementary school gym class held in the dark, with less fancy pinnies.</p>
<p>Say you slay a monster. (Sometimes it kills you, but then you just go to Hunt Central and sneak back into the game a few minutes later, so thats not a direction to explore.) So, say you slay a monster. It gives you some (fake) money as a reward, and you and your teammates go on to kill more monsters. If you resist the temptation to waste your reward on fake fish to throw around and successfully kill some werewolves, orcs, or dactyl guards (all of whom are killed and kill according to different and very specific rules), youll eventually obtain enough money to purchase a pterodactyl hunting license. Thenand only thencan you go after the pterodactyl. If you beat him (and avoid his lethal spit, otherwise known as water-gun spray), youll get a gift certificate for pizza. Its clearly the perfect feast to end a pterodactyl hunters night."</p>