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Lateral Thinking Puzzle

Ok, here is another one and I am not sure if I like this one and it may be to easy to figure out but I will start with this one and go from there.

In the middle of the ocean is a yacht. Several corpses are floating in the water nearby.

OK... and...

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Originally Posted by jmjoseph

OK......and.....

I know, I hate how that is all the info is given too, but you just have to figure out the story.

I'll start...

Is there any damage to the yacht?

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Originally Posted by J_9

I'll start...

Is there any damage to the yacht?

No

Any life rafts visible?

The people on the yacht are responding to, or happened upon, a plane crash, or other accident.

One person who couldn't swim fell in and one person after another jumped in to save him forgetting that they also couldn't swim. Until there was nobody left

Either that or pirates

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Originally Posted by J_9

Any life rafts visible?

No

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Originally Posted by jmjoseph

The people on the yacht are responding to, or happened upon, a plane crash, or other accident.

No

Any people on the yacht?

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Originally Posted by albear

one person who couldnt swim fell in and one person after another jumped in to save him forgetting that they also couldnt swim. until there was nobody left

either that or pirates

No

How do you quote multiple people at the same time?

Okay, brain hurts... going to bed.

People on the yacht at one time but not anymore.

Goodnight J

Were the bodies floating people who had previously been on the yacht?

Did they voluntarily go in the water? Were they forced into the water? Did they leave the yacht because they feared something on the yacht? Were they in the water to go swimming?

Was there any damage to the bodies? Any visible blood? Had they been shot? Stabbed? Attacked by a shark?

PS - When I want to answer multiple questions, I open another page (another browser), then I hit the quote button, and copy and paste to my original page.

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Originally Posted by adam_89

How do you quote multiple people at the same time?

Copy and paste

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Originally Posted by Just Looking

Were the bodies floating people who had previously been on the yacht? Yes

Did they voluntarily go in the water? Yes

Were they forced into the water? No

Did they leave the yacht because they feared something on the yacht? No

Were they in the water to go swimming? Yes

Was there any damage to the bodies? Any visible blood? Had they been shot? Stabbed? Attacked by a shark? No

PS - When I want to answer multiple questions, I open another page (another browser), then I hit the quote button, and copy and paste to my original page. Thank You very much!

All answers follow your questions here.

Was there something in the water that caused their deaths?

Did they die of natural causes?

Was there a reason they didn't return to the yacht?

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Originally Posted by Just Looking

Was there something in the water that caused their deaths? No

Did they die of natural causes? I don't think the way they died was really natural, so no.

Was there a reason they didn't return to the yacht? Yes

Sorry for this message here but I guess I had to put something in order to send it.

I have heard of a movie about this... part trailer but didn't watch it cause it was broadcasted late at night.

The yacht didn't have any ladder for the swimmers to be able to get on the yacht again (and the yacht had high 'walls' if I can call the outer side of the boat like that), hence they were forced to stay in the water, and eventually died. Is that it?

Well, initially, all the people jump in the water to go swimming, but nobody thought about seeing if they had a way back to the yacht.

Yes Unky, what you saw on TV was the answer to this riddle.

Yay, my very first one XD!

I will try another one for you guys it might be hard to figure out. I hope I am not getting these from the same site that Morgaine does.

A man is driving his car. He turns on the radio, then pulls over to the side of the road and shoots himself.

Was the radio working properly?

Did what he heard on radio the cause of his suicide?

Is his location relevant?

Was the radio broadcasting news when he was listening to it?

Is it relevant that he chose to switch on the radio?

Is he using a gun? Or was it a syringe?

He turned on the radio right when it announced the time. He remembered it was time for his insulin shot... so...

Brain washing over the radio to commit mass suicide

He was hypnotised earlier in life and given a secret word which if ever utter meant he would commit suicide

He shot himself with his camera i.e sight seeing

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Originally Posted by Unknown008

Was the radio working properly?

Did what he heard on radio the cause of his suicide? Yes

Is his location relevant? No, well thats kind of hard to answer.

Was the radio broadcasting news when he was listening to it? No

Is it relevant that he chose to switch on the radio? Yes

Hope that helps

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Originally Posted by jmjoseph

Is he using a gun? Or was it a syringe?

He turned on the radio right when it announced the time. He remembered it was time for his insulin shot..........so....

I like the way you think, but no.

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Originally Posted by albear

brain washing over the radio to commit mass suicide

he was hypnotised earlier in life and given a secret word which if ever utter meant he would commit suicide

he shot himself with his camera i.e sight seeing

Also good thinking but no

The radio wasn't playing news. Was it playing a song? Did the song remind him of someone? Something?

Was there possibly a sports game on the radio?

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Originally Posted by Just Looking

The radio wasn't playing news. Was it playing a song? Did the song remind him of someone? Something?

Was there possibly a sports game on the radio?

I just had to pick the hardest one to answer. Lets see here. It was playing a song. No it didn't remind him of someone or something.

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Originally Posted by adam_89

I just had to pick the hardest one to answer. Lets see here. It was playing a song. No it didn't remind him of someone or something.

Was he the singer or a musician in the song?

Did he know the singer or musician in the song?

Did he just really hate the song? (I have a few like that... but I'd just turn the station. ;))

Was he the singer or a musician in the song? No

Did he know the singer or musician in the song? Probably not on a personal level.

Did he just really hate the song? (I have a few like that... but I'd just turn the station. ) I have a few songs I would do that to also. But No.

Was he expecting something to hear on radio then?

Is the destination he's driving to relevant? (as a clearer question to the location one)

Was he expecting something to hear on radio then? Yes he was expecting to hear something on the radio, and to give a hint, he heard something else.

Is the destination he's driving to relevant? (as a clearer question to the location one) Yes, I would say it is.

I like Unky's change in tactic - possibly expecting to hear something else.

Is the song itself relevant?

Is he depressed? Worried? In trouble with the law? Grieving?

Was he alone in the car?

It was an emergency announcement about an APB out for a suspicious looking character who robbed a bank and shot some people. He didn't remember what had happened, and he matched the description of the shooter, he then shot himself in horror.

Is he driving to work?

Is he going to see someone? For a relevant purpose?

Is his destination related to what he expected to hear on radio?

I like Unky's change in tactic - possibly expecting to hear something else.

Is the song itself relevant? NO

Is he depressed? No Worried? Yes In trouble with the law? Would have been yes. Grieving? Might have been.

Was he alone in the car? Yes