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Benny
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murder mystery game #9
« on: Jul 15th, 2009, 12:24am » |
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'I was walking along the beach,' said Sid Shady, 'Watching my kite soar over the ocean when I came upon this body washed up on shore. I immediately phoned the police.' Shadow noted the nearby tracks of a seagull that lead out toward the ocean. 'The gull must have run across the sand in a take-off within the last 20 minutes or else the receding high tide would have washed its print away,' said Shadow. When Shadow inquired about the whereabouts of the kite, Shady said that in his excitement he must have let it go. 'It's probably over the ocean somewhere.' 'It's perfectly calm now,' noted Shadow. 'Yes, the wind suddenly died moments before you arrived,' replied Shady. 'I don't know what you're mixed up in,' said Shadow, 'but your story has a gaping hole.'
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Re: murder mystery game #9
« Reply #1 on: Jul 15th, 2009, 3:48am » |
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kites don't fly against the wind
... well, yes, they face the wind, but you know what I mean ...
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Re: murder mystery game #9
« Reply #2 on: Jul 15th, 2009, 1:36pm » |
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I think we can conclude from this riddle that birds take off facing into the wind.
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Re: murder mystery game #9
« Reply #3 on: Nov 14th, 2012, 1:48pm » |
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If we assume that seagulls "take off" against the wind, and we compare the seagull's footprints, we know that the wind was blowing from the sea, which means that the kite couldn't have been soaring above water, rather, it must have been soaring above land.
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