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| Sherluck_hums (Sherluck_hums)
New member Username: Sherluck_hums Post Number: 199 Registered: 8-2006 |
It is cold and their is snow on the ground. A man is out following someone else's tracks in the snow. He comes to a river. It is frozen over, the tracks go across the ice. However when the man tries to follow across the ice he breaks through the ice and drowns. Why? | ||
| Unleashedllama (Unleashedllama)
New member Username: Unleashedllama Post Number: 7 Registered: 5-2008 |
Did he weigh more than who he was pursuing? Is it relevant how much time had passed between one going over the ice and the other? Was his footware relevant? Were the tracks made by a human? | ||
| Unleashedllama (Unleashedllama)
New member Username: Unleashedllama Post Number: 8 Registered: 5-2008 |
Oh, just thought... Was the man walking? If not, was he is a car or something that was too heavy? | ||
| Sherluck_hums (Sherluck_hums)
New member Username: Sherluck_hums Post Number: 200 Registered: 8-2006 |
Did he weigh more than who he was pursuing? No Is it relevant how much time had passed between one going over the ice and the other? No Was his footware relevant? No Were the tracks made by a human? Yes Oh, just thought... Was the man walking? Yes If not, was he is a car or something that was too heavy? No | ||
| Unleashedllama (Unleashedllama)
New member Username: Unleashedllama Post Number: 9 Registered: 5-2008 |
Does he try and cross the river at exactly the same point? Is it relevant why he's following the other person's tracks? Does the other person know they're being followed? Or suspect they might be being follow? relevant? Has the follower got anything relevant with him? on him? | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 2076 Registered: 8-2006 |
So you came back... Orcy ;) Relevant what the tracked person was wearing on his feet? What our not-so-hero was wearing? Just checking, tracks as in footprints? Train tracks? | ||
| Rubberduck (Rubberduck)
New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 91 Registered: 3-2006 |
Were the tracks he was following made by footprints? snow shoes? skis? | ||
| Mimino (Mimino)
New member Username: Mimino Post Number: 41 Registered: 6-2005 |
Just to get these things out of the way: - Did the ice thaw during the time between the first man and the second man passed it? - Was the thickness of the ice layer more or less identical in both cases? - Was the ice cracked or damaged before the second man crossed it? | ||
| Sherluck_hums (Sherluck_hums)
New member Username: Sherluck_hums Post Number: 201 Registered: 8-2006 |
Unleashedllama Does he try and cross the river at exactly the same point? Yes Is it relevant why he's following the other person's tracks? No Does the other person know they're being followed? Or suspect they might be being follow? relevant? Yes to all Has the follower got anything relevant with him? on him? No /b{Crazypalpig} So you came back... Orcy ;) Yep :] Relevant what the tracked person was wearing on his feet? No What our not-so-hero was wearing? No Just checking, tracks as in footprints? Yope Train tracks? No Rubberduck Were the tracks he was following made by footprints? Yes snow shoes? skis? No to rest Mimino Just to get these things out of the way: - Did the ice thaw during the time between the first man and the second man passed it? No - Was the thickness of the ice layer more or less identical in both cases? Yes - Was the ice cracked or damaged before the second man crossed it? No | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1273 Registered: 1-2007 |
So the man knew he was being followed? Did he create the illusion of having crossed at that point by somehow creating his footprint tracks without actually walking over the ice? Did the first man employ any tool or animal to cross the river? Just to clarify further : for all mentions of tracks in the puzzle statement can we substitute footprints? | ||
| Sherluck_hums (Sherluck_hums)
New member Username: Sherluck_hums Post Number: 202 Registered: 8-2006 |
Peter365 So the man knew he was being followed? Yes Did he create the illusion of having crossed at that point by somehow creating his footprint tracks without actually walking over the ice? Yes Did the first man employ any tool or animal to cross the river? No, He never crossed as you know now.. Just to clarify further : for all mentions of tracks in the puzzle statement can we substitute footprints? If you want... | ||
| Sherluck_hums (Sherluck_hums)
New member Username: Sherluck_hums Post Number: 203 Registered: 8-2006 |
You got close enough Peter so here is the... *********SPOILER*********** Well that was a fast puzzle. Here is what happened. Man #1 was an escaped prisoner. He was aware that the police were after him and would easily be able to follow his tracks in the snow. So when he came to the river which was frozen over and had snow coating it. He knew that ice coated in snow melts. Thus he could not cross. So using a poll he made what appeared to be tracks across the ice. When the police man came he attempted to cross the ice which in its weakened state broke. |
