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(Message started by: alien2 on Jan 19th, 2014, 5:32am)
Title: No way out  
Post by alien2 on Jan 19th, 2014, 5:32am

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?
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by gotit on Jan 19th, 2014, 5:57am
He dived underwater and pretended to drown.
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by alien2 on Jan 19th, 2014, 7:17am
Wolves are persistent and not that stupid. His lung capacity is smaller than average.
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by rloginunix on Jan 19th, 2014, 10:33am
He used his belt to lasso and drown all the wolves one by one (sequentially) on one bank.
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by Grimbal on Jan 21st, 2014, 2:55am
He went upstream?

The wolves want to taste man flesh.  OK, just let them have a bite and they are happy.
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by alien2 on Jan 28th, 2014, 9:30am
I needn't tell you that your answers are ultimately incorrect. :P
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by gotit on Jan 29th, 2014, 8:18am
[hide]Before the waterfall, the river bifurcates into another stream. He takes that route and come out on the wolf-less bank.[/hide]
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by alien2 on Jan 29th, 2014, 8:52am
I guess I should've mentioned in the riddle that there is no [hide]river bifurcation[/hide].
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by gotit on Feb 3rd, 2014, 9:18am
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.

;D
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by alien2 on Feb 3rd, 2014, 10:50am

on 02/03/14 at 09:18:16, gotit wrote:
He was dreaming. He woke up.

He drank the river water and obtained super powers. He then flew away.

Nah.


on 02/03/14 at 09:18:16, gotit wrote:
The wolves got the scent of other human beings and went away.

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.
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by aaragn on Feb 3rd, 2014, 11:30am
Did he [hide]tear any of his body parts off?[/hide]
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by alien2 on Feb 3rd, 2014, 12:34pm
He did no such thing.
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by aaragn on Feb 3rd, 2014, 12:37pm
Did he [hide]throw something he excreted :D? [/hide]
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by gotit on Feb 4th, 2014, 6:57am
[hide]High Tide[/hide]?
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by alien2 on Feb 4th, 2014, 7:42am

on 02/03/14 at 12:37:26, aaragn wrote:
Did he [hide]throw something he excreted :D? [/hide]

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 02/04/14 at 06:57:32, gotit wrote:
[hide]High Tide[/hide]?

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.
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by aaragn on Feb 4th, 2014, 10:28am
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.
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by aaragn on Feb 4th, 2014, 10:52am
[hideb]"no other objects or animals have a role in the riddle"
Is there any other /person/ involved?
[/hideb]
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by alien2 on Feb 4th, 2014, 2:12pm

on 02/04/14 at 10:52:09, aaragn wrote:
[hideb]"no other objects or animals have a role in the riddle"
Is there any other /person/ involved?
[/hideb]

Warmer...
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by gotit on Feb 4th, 2014, 8:59pm
[hide]He came across a dead body of a man which he threw at the wolves.[/hide]
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by Grimbal on Feb 5th, 2014, 1:11am
[hide]He came across the very alive body of a man which he threw at the wolves.[/hide]
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by alien2 on Feb 5th, 2014, 3:31am
He didn't come across another man or dead organisms.    
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by Grimbal on Feb 6th, 2014, 6:47am
A woman?

Or maybe he called his friend, telling him that he found gold!, asking him not to tell anybody...
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by aaragn on Feb 6th, 2014, 12:53pm
[hideb]Salvation comes from above?[/hideb]
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by towr on Feb 6th, 2014, 1:02pm
Do you mean literally or religiously? :P

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.


[hide]Maybe he can just climb down the waterfall, rather then plunge.[/hide]
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by aaragn on Feb 6th, 2014, 1:38pm
No, I mean it literally :p

[hideb]like someone from a helicopter throwing him a rope, or Superman coming to his aid, or ..[/hideb]

or [hideb]someone went near a shore and the wolves ran after them, thus allowing our man to flee..[/hideb]

or [hideb]she was a woman, gave birth underwater and threw the baby to the wolves [/hideb] :-/
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by alien2 on Feb 7th, 2014, 6:22am
Colder...
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by gotit on Feb 7th, 2014, 9:30am
Probably some other person had laid a trap for the wolves. The wolves fell in the trap and the man escaped.
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by alien2 on Feb 7th, 2014, 10:06am
No traps. This time I'm looking for the intended answer only.
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 10th, 2014, 8:50pm
The man's a werewolf. He just has to wait until full moon, which, as luck would have it, is due in a couple of minutes.
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by alien2 on Feb 11th, 2014, 5:53am
Tidak dekat. :P
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by gotit on Feb 11th, 2014, 6:35am
So, another person was involved but our man did not see him or her...Is it a [hide]Video Game[/hide]?
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by Grimbal on Feb 11th, 2014, 10:04am

on 02/11/14 at 05:53:49, alien2 wrote:
Tidak dekat. :P

belum  ;)
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by Grimbal on Feb 11th, 2014, 10:16am
We are getting cold...  The water will freeze.  Not good...

The man throws a bone down the waterfall and before they realize what they are doing, the 10 wolves jump down to their deaths.

Or the man make a doll with his jacket and let it float down the river followed by the wolves.

Or the five wolves on the one side chased him, but the wolves on the other side are in a zoo.  The man just goes to the zoo and has a nice time eating ice cream while watching the monkeys.
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by aaragn on Feb 11th, 2014, 12:06pm
He said a prayer and jumped down the waterfall.

[hide]He managed to save himself (from damnation) by the good deeds he comitted in life[/hide]
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by alien2 on Feb 11th, 2014, 12:26pm

on 02/11/14 at 10:16:12, Grimbal wrote:
Or the five wolves on the one side chased him, but the wolves on the other side are in a zoo.  The man just goes to the zoo and has a nice time eating ice cream while watching the monkeys.

You win. Not everything is as it seems, eh? Five wolves are not in the zoo though, rather pursuing another man who also jumped in the river miles upstream.
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by JiNbOtAk on Feb 12th, 2014, 4:55pm

on 02/11/14 at 05:53:49, alien2 wrote:
Tidak dekat. :P



on 02/11/14 at 10:04:22, Grimbal wrote:
belum  ;)



on 02/11/14 at 12:26:02, alien2 wrote:
You win. Not everything is as it seems, eh? Five wolves are not in the zoo though, rather pursuing another man who also jumped in the river miles upstream.


teka teki bodoh  :P
Title: Re: No way out  
Post by alien2 on Feb 13th, 2014, 3:54am
What can I say? Even aliens are not perfect. :P ::)


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