 Based on Eli Roth (qv)s experiences at Newton South High School,  in Massachusetts. Roths class started the illegal scavenger hunt in  1990, and other classes continued the tradition thereafter. By 2002,  "The Hunt" had grown so out of control with teen sex, drug use, and  destruction of property, that it made national news, including an  entire episode on _"Oprah Winfrey Show, The" (1986)_ (qv)