Update: The ant has been found!
Congrats Chad Royal on finding our Fire Ant on March 6, 2020!
Congrats Chad Royal on finding our Fire Ant on March 6, 2020!
With $2500.00 sponsored from the Fire Ant Festival Committee, the 2020 Find the Fire Ant contest is sure to be the biggest and best one yet.
Some rules:
For a full list of the date of when clues will be release and where, check out the February 26, 2020 Wiregrass Farmer. Digital subscriptions can be purchased here:
Some rules:
- It is not in a garbage can.
- You do not need to tear anyone's property up to get to it.
- If it is still not found by Friday, March 27, Ben Baker (editor of the Wiregrass Farmer and Chief Ant Hider) will give a new clue or explain a clue starting at 2:00 p.m. in Heritage Park. Hunters may vote on having a new clue or having one clue already given explained. Ben says he is not bound by the vote.
- If no one finds the any by Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 12:00 p.m., Ben will lead a caravan of people to go retrieve it.
- Only Ben Baker knows where the ant is hidden. No one who works for him or who is in his family knows anything about the hiding place or what the clues may be.
- You MUST visit the businesses to get the clue. It will not be given out over the phone. If a business takes down the clue and you don't have it by then, you must track down someone who already has it and hope they share.
- Business are not obligated to post clues in easy to find locations. Some may post clues so that you have to walk through the store to find it.
For a full list of the date of when clues will be release and where, check out the February 26, 2020 Wiregrass Farmer. Digital subscriptions can be purchased here:
The Fire Ant Festival Committee is not responsible for any injuries that may occur while participating in the Find the Fire Ant hunt. By participating in this contest, I acknowledge that I have read and understood all of the terms of this release and that I am voluntarily giving up substantial legal rights, including the right to sue sponsor. I acknowledge that I am over 18 and participating freely and voluntarily and understand that I am legally bound by the terms and conditions contained herein.
| 2020 FAF Find the Fire Ant Terms |
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