**This article originally appeared on the Yahoo Voices content network on April 9, 2014. It has been republished here due to the shutdown of Voices and YCN.**
William Shatner was baffled by it. The International Space Station was bombarded by it. Twitter was flooded by alarm clocks seeking accounts because of it. "It" is GISHWHES, or the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen, an annual, week-long event conceived by actor Misha Collins, of "Supernatural" fame. GISHWHES' inaugural hunt took place in 2011. The thrice awarded Guinness World Record breaking event scatters people of all ages on frenzied missions of kindness, humanity, and yes, pure insanity.
