Monday June 14th, marked the close of our first Monster Factory Scavenger Hunt, which was a giant success! We received so many fantastic entries and had a blast looking through the photos of the monsters hanging out with mascots, making friends with local celebrities and generally having a great time out and about.

After all the points were tallied up the winners were revealed to be Shawna Crowe in 1st place, Alicia Wishart in 2nd place and Madison and Jane Graydon in 3rd place. Congratulations you guys and I hope you enjoy your MF gift certificates!

Also a huge gigantic monster thank you goes out to everyone who participated. We were once again blown away by the creativity of our monster fans and really appreciate the time and effort put into these fantastic photos, in fact we were so impressed that we are sending all our runners up a MF t-shirt!

We received a ton of great photos from the hunt all of which can be viewed here, but there were a few pics that we feel deserve mentioning, so behold our Honourable Mentions Section:

Most monster-appropriate photo: Greg Moore, who found George hanging out in the Dinosaur Ward at the Museum of Nature in Ottawa.

Most creative local celebrity: Modesta Pakalnyte, for her well-remembered local celebrity statue.

Best animal photo: Alicia Wishart, for her photo of Rudy playing with a baby tiger cub.

Coolest professional athlete photo: It's a tie! Honourable mentions go to Kaurel Tamasauskas and Kasey Kaufmann for getting a fabulous pic of Maggie with retired NHL player Mark Messier,

and to Shawna Crowe for getting Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Scott Downs to pose with Harriet.

Best uniform photo: Madison and Jane Graydon, for their photo of Colin and 6 Toronto police officers!

Most intense sporting event photo: Katharine Chen, for her photo of Buddy and Colin deep in concentration in a chess match.

Most hilarious "begins with O" photo: Kaurel & Kasey win this one, for a great photo of Andy and Kevin really loving their Oreos and Ointment!

Best monster group shot: Shawna Crowe's photo of the gang playing Operation!

Oldest landmark: Modesta Pakalnyte's photo of Buddy at Biržai castle in Lithuania. (It was built in 1586.)

Most impossible photo: Kaurel & Kasey, for a pic of Colin in an airplane cockpit with two pilots. We totally want to know how they managed this photo!

Best mullet: Alicia Wishart wins this category, hands-down, for her photo of Rudy sharing hair tips with his friend "Ghost".

Best BBQ pic: Shawna Crowe, for her photo of Douglas manning the grill.

Funniest baby photo: Greg Moore's photo of George becoming a little uneasy when a small human groped him in uncomfortable places.

Favourite celebrity photo: Madison & Jane, for their adorable photo of Colin being serenaded by Adam Crossley.

Best real moustache: Kaurel & Kasey's Moustache Extrodinaire.

Best fake moustache: Modesta Pakalnyte's perfectly styled handlebar.

These are just a few of our favourites. Thanks again and congratulations to our contestants! Hope everyone else enjoyed the photos as much as we did.

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