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alien2
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A fatigued man jumps in a deep river fleeing the five hungry wolves that are pursuing him. There is another pack of five hungry wolves on the other side of the river. All of the ten wolves want to taste man flesh, but they don't dare to enter the river. There is a waterfall in the course of the river three dozen meters downstream. The current is taking him slowly towards the waterfall. If he were to plunge down the waterfall, the fall would undoubtedly end his life. The banks of both sides of the river are not steep. Nobody is in the vicinity. Nothing could divert the wolves' attention or scare them away. There are no trees or rocks that he could use and no other objects or animals have a role in the riddle. He manages to save himself. How?
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Re: No way out
« Reply #1 on: Jan 19th, 2014, 5:57am » |
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He dived underwater and pretended to drown.
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Re: No way out
« Reply #2 on: Jan 19th, 2014, 7:17am » |
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Wolves are persistent and not that stupid. His lung capacity is smaller than average.
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Re: No way out
« Reply #3 on: Jan 19th, 2014, 10:33am » |
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He used his belt to lasso and drown all the wolves one by one (sequentially) on one bank.
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Re: No way out
« Reply #4 on: Jan 21st, 2014, 2:55am » |
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He went upstream?
The wolves want to taste man flesh. OK, just let them have a bite and they are happy.
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Re: No way out
« Reply #5 on: Jan 28th, 2014, 9:30am » |
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I needn't tell you that your answers are ultimately incorrect. 
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Re: No way out
« Reply #6 on: Jan 29th, 2014, 8:18am » |
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Before the waterfall, the river bifurcates into another stream. He takes that route and come out on the wolf-less bank.
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Re: No way out
« Reply #7 on: Jan 29th, 2014, 8:52am » |
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I guess I should've mentioned in the riddle that there is no river bifurcation.
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Re: No way out
« Reply #8 on: Feb 3rd, 2014, 9:18am » |
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He was dreaming. He woke up.
He drank the river water and obtained super powers. He then flew away.
The wolves got the scent of other human beings and went away.
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Re: No way out
« Reply #9 on: Feb 3rd, 2014, 10:50am » |
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on Feb 3rd, 2014, 9:18am, gotit wrote:He was dreaming. He woke up.
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Nah.
on Feb 3rd, 2014, 9:18am, gotit wrote:| The wolves got the scent of other human beings and went away. |
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This is a good answer, even though it is not as interesting as the expected one. I have to be more focused to exclude alternative answers.
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Re: No way out
« Reply #10 on: Feb 3rd, 2014, 11:30am » |
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Did he tear any of his body parts off?
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Re: No way out
« Reply #11 on: Feb 3rd, 2014, 12:34pm » |
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He did no such thing.
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Re: No way out
« Reply #12 on: Feb 3rd, 2014, 12:37pm » |
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Did he throw something he excreted  ?
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Re: No way out
« Reply #13 on: Feb 4th, 2014, 6:57am » |
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High Tide?
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Re: No way out
« Reply #14 on: Feb 4th, 2014, 7:42am » |
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on Feb 3rd, 2014, 12:37pm, aaragn wrote:| Did he throw something he excreted ? |
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Don't know much about wolves, except that I'm afraid of them, but maybe fresh feces would attract them like flies because dinner has to be near.
on Feb 4th, 2014, 6:57am, gotit wrote:
Stop coming up with fine alternative answers Gotit! If you come up with yet another alternative answer, I will abstain from adding another post to this topic. I'm not kidding.
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Re: No way out
« Reply #15 on: Feb 4th, 2014, 10:28am » |
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He approaches one shore, carefully bites off a tip of his finger (or something else that's expendable) and throws it to the wolves.
Now, the wolves were previously strained on Albatross Island and in order to survive were served what they were told was man's flesh, but was really albatross. Seeing that wolves hold albatrosses in high esteem, they realise now that they were tricked and commit suicide out of shame.
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Re: No way out
« Reply #16 on: Feb 4th, 2014, 10:52am » |
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| hidden: | "no other objects or animals have a role in the riddle"
Is there any other /person/ involved?
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Re: No way out
« Reply #17 on: Feb 4th, 2014, 2:12pm » |
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on Feb 4th, 2014, 10:52am, aaragn wrote:| hidden: | "no other objects or animals have a role in the riddle"
Is there any other /person/ involved?
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Warmer...
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Re: No way out
« Reply #18 on: Feb 4th, 2014, 8:59pm » |
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He came across a dead body of a man which he threw at the wolves.
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Re: No way out
« Reply #19 on: Feb 5th, 2014, 1:11am » |
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He came across the very alive body of a man which he threw at the wolves.
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Re: No way out
« Reply #20 on: Feb 5th, 2014, 3:31am » |
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He didn't come across another man or dead organisms.
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Re: No way out
« Reply #21 on: Feb 6th, 2014, 6:47am » |
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A woman?
Or maybe he called his friend, telling him that he found gold!, asking him not to tell anybody...
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Re: No way out
« Reply #22 on: Feb 6th, 2014, 12:53pm » |
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| hidden: | | Salvation comes from above? |
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Re: No way out
« Reply #23 on: Feb 6th, 2014, 1:02pm » |
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Do you mean literally or religiously?
Maybe praying real hard will help save his soul. Although, the riddle says he saves himself. So then he'd have to be Jesus, but if he's Jesus, then he could just walk on water.
Maybe he can just climb down the waterfall, rather then plunge.
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Re: No way out
« Reply #24 on: Feb 6th, 2014, 1:38pm » |
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No, I mean it literally :p
| hidden: | | like someone from a helicopter throwing him a rope, or Superman coming to his aid, or .. |
or | hidden: | | someone went near a shore and the wolves ran after them, thus allowing our man to flee.. |
or | hidden: | | she was a woman, gave birth underwater and threw the baby to the wolves |
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