When I last bumped into Dawson in January, he cautioned me that a post about him just might “blow up,” given that he was one of the founders of the controversial Alberta-based Creep Catchers vigilante network. He was right: that post has had more than 30,000 views, and drew many comments from worried friends and acquaintances who were shocked to learn that Dawson had ended up on the street. I wasn’t sure he’d want another photo when we talked this past week, but he’s looking noticeably healthier now after being “kidnapped” by his brother and convinced to do a home detox from stimulants. It didn’t hold, but Dawson says he’s using way less now. He’ll have plenty of material for a book on life in a shelter should he ever want to write one, what with all the disturbing anecdotes he has collected so far. The guy whose feces are everywhere on the third floor. The young woman with one leg and in a wheelchair who almost ended up with a one-month ban from all services. The endless thefts. The food hierarchy that means certain shelter residents eat 3 times a day while others get a bagged lunch and sent on their way. “If I could change one thing, it’d be the thefts. You can’t report them because then you’re a rat, and that’s the worst. So you fight with each other instead. I’ve never had so many fights as I’ve had since I came here.”