This is it, this is what started it all. Was it something they found in an attic? Did they get a good deal at Walmart five minutes before heading up to the playa? Was it a gift from an ancient warrior? We wanted to know why they went with horns, and they told us all.

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‣ So why do you guys wear what you wear?

Pete I'll let you start.

‣ What made you pick out the viking horns?

Ah, wow your blowing my mind here. There's something cool about horns. And, uh, every time I've come to Burning Man, the people with the horns stand out. And that's kind of like, part of the whole idea here as far as I can tell, it's like, how can I out do everyone else to get noticed and like, not in like, a competitive way, but you know, it's all in fun. Yeah, inspiring. Like, I see people- we just saw this guy with a bunch of rear view mirrors all over him. And I was like, dude! You are the man, I was so inspired. And he's like, yeah, you know, and I wanted to take some notes from him 'cause clearly he'd put a lot of thought into it and he looked great, you know, he's my inspiration for next year, maybe, who knows?

‣ Are you on the same line here?

Yea I totally am here. Pete's the brains behind a lot of this stuff, and I just go with him. Yeah, he's got a much more artistic and creative mind then I could ever imagine.

‣ Well I see you guys are wearing slightly different horns?

Yeah, a little different. He had the, yeah he had the, yeah he wanted to make some horns out of foam but he ended up sticking with those.

‣ So you guys actually made these?

Oh yeah, oh yeah these are actually cut out of foam, pasted in like four different ways. Those he bought, these he made, yeah. He actually put a lot of work into these.

‣ Have you been wearing them all week?

I just got here tonight.

‣ Do you expect to wear them all week?

Most of the week, some of the week, I got some other deals I'm working on.

‣ Right on.

We were extremely blown away by this intense answer, to the point that we decided this was now a thing. Thanks to the horns, a quest was laid out for us. We wanted more answers like this, more awesome in such a question that started off with a simple Why?

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