It began with a package at dusk. The mysterious gifter disappeared into the night without explanation.

I rifled through the contents of the package and found: A sealed envelope marked "DO NOT OPEN", a black light LED flashlight, a map, and instructions.

Apparently there were clues hidden in the nearby park marked with patches of UV glow paint and I had just been given the tools to track them down. Before I set off, I tested the flashlight on some $20 bills and verified that it was actually a UV flashlight. Yep. Cool! That alone was an awesome arbitrary day gift.

I picked up the first few clues easily - each one containing a rough map to the next, but it quickly got dark and I had to rely on the blacklight to spot the hiding places. Aside from UV paint, the following things also glow under black light: Parts of trees, shoelaces, graffiti, spiders, skunks.

A few times I wondered if my match was trolling me. One clue was hidden under a bridge. Another was marked next to a creek, which I scrambled down into only to find that the shiny object was a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Some 15 or so clues (and over an hour) later, I ended up back at my place to find an orangered box containing some much appreciated Pop Tarts and a 16GB piracy drive - complete with comics, books, movies, music, and a reddit logo skull and crossbones painted on both sides (see picture). I can't wait to go through it.

Oh, and that envelope marked "DO NOT OPEN"? A map containing the location of every clue. Luckily I didn't have to cheat.

Thanks mysterious gifter for an amazing experience and some great gifts.