[Guest]

Mind Trap #125 - Death in a Tent

Question:

Shadow flipped the tent flap open and surveyed the scene. On the floor, in the centre of the tent, a man lay dead from self inflected gunshot wounds. In the corner of the tent was a small cot. A package of cigarettes and an empty whiskey bottle lay on the bedside table next to a kerosene lamp. Shadow combed the tent for additional clues to the possible motive. Other then the articles mentioned, the only things Shadow found were a half dozen small circular wooden disks under the cot, the mans personal effects, and a variety of scrapbooks and news clippings. Shadow found the last articles particulary strange since it was learned the suicide victim was completely illiterate. What was the reason for the apparent suicide?

yes/no question can be asked, however not twice in a row.

Good Luck

[soop]

Mind Trap #125 - Death in a Tent

Question:

Shadow flipped the tent flap open and surveyed the scene. On the floor, in the centre of the tent, a man lay dead from self inflected gunshot wounds. In the corner of the tent was a small cot. A package of cigarettes and an empty whiskey bottle lay on the bedside table next to a kerosene lamp. Shadow combed the tent for additional clues to the possible motive. Other then the articles mentioned, the only things Shadow found were a half dozen small circular wooden disks under the cot, the mans personal effects, and a variety of scrapbooks and news clippings. Shadow found the last articles particulary strange since it was learned the suicide victim was completely illiterate. What was the reason for the apparent suicide?

yes/no question can be asked, however not twice in a row.

Good Luck

OOOOHH! Good one! I'm stumped

[soop]

Was there something unique about the man not mentioned so far?

Edited August 29, 2008 by soop

[Guest]

Was there something unique about the man not mentioned so far?

Yes

[Prof. Templeton]

Question...

a midget?

(You may want to put the answer in a spoiler if he is)

[Guest]

Question...

a midget?

(You may want to put the answer in a spoiler if he is)

Yes

[soop]

Ah, I couldn't remember which way around it was. I'm fairly certain I know the answer now, having heard this before (not on this site) but I'm not sure of anything but what the discs are for, and uhhm

which way he thinks he's going

[Guest]

Ah, I couldn't remember which way around it was. I'm fairly certain I know the answer now, having heard this before (not on this site) but I'm not sure of anything but what the discs are for, and uhhm

which way he thinks he's going

Thats not a yes/no question

[soop]

Thats not a yes/no question

Oh, I know, I don't think it's fair of me to solve it, I just wanted put that in a spoiler so it wouldn't influence anyone. I'ma shut up now O_o

[Guest]

Oh, I know, I don't think it's fair of me to solve it, I just wanted put that in a spoiler so it wouldn't influence anyone. I'ma shut up now O_o

The answer is rally weird, not something that I would solve in less than a month..

[Prof. Templeton]

I think I remember seeing something like this

Seinfeld.

[Guest]

[spoiler='This is an easy one!

']He was an illiterate midget with a drinking problem and he lived in a tent. Who wouldn't kill themselves?!

[soop]

[spoiler='This is an easy one!

']He was an illiterate midget with a drinking problem and he lived in a tent. Who wouldn't kill themselves?!

lol

[Guest]

I think I remember seeing something like this

Seinfeld.

I have never watched the show..

[spoiler='This is an easy one!

']He was an illiterate midget with a drinking problem and he lived in a tent. Who wouldn't kill themselves?!

LOL!

[Guest]

if he did kill his self on purpose then it was because hes the ex clay pigeon shooting champ. the newspaper clipping is saying how the illerate midget champiship reign has come to a end.

if it was a accident then then its the current champ going back to his tent at night for more discs and his cigs with a gun and bottle in hand, he tripped and fell killing hisself. he could of been out having a party over winning yet another contest.

[Nikyma]

He's a circus midget. Someone has been putting the wooden discs in his shoes to trick him into thinking he's growing. He killed himself because he thinks he's out of a job/not the world's smallest man.

[Guest]

Okay I have a question - did you mean to say self inflicted gunshot wounds?

[Nikyma]

Okay I have a question - did you mean to say self inflicted gunshot wounds?

Why would you need to ask that? Clearly he did.

[Prof. Templeton]

He's a circus midget. Someone has been putting the wooden discs in his shoes to trick him into thinking he's growing. He killed himself because he thinks he's out of a job/not the world's smallest man.

I was thinking

someone was sawing pieces off of something like a table or the cot or maybe his cane.

[Guest]

multiple (i.e. wounds not a wound) it was not a suicide?

Edited August 29, 2008 by stumpdem

[Nikyma]

multiple (i.e. wounds not a wound) it was not a suicide?

I think it was someone shortening his cane rather than adding risers to his shoes, which would mean that someone drove him to suicide - essentially murder. None the less, it's considered bad form to point out others' typos, especially when you know what they meant.

[Guest]

Did I miss something when it came to figuring out that the guy was a midget? I didn't pick up on that from any of the clues.

[Prof. Templeton]

Did I miss something when it came to figuring out that the guy was a midget? I didn't pick up on that from any of the clues.

He lives in a tent and sleeps on a small cot, so it was the first question I had asked (2nd or 3rd post).

[Guest]

I think it was someone shortening his cane rather than adding risers to his shoes, which would mean that someone drove him to suicide - essentially murder. None the less, it's considered bad form to point out others' typos, especially when you know what they meant.

My appologies - I am new to the forum and that was my first post and attempt at figuring out a riddle. I hadn't intended to point out typos, I was wondering if it was a clue and was trying to elicit the yes/no response. I meant no offense.

[Nikyma]

My appologies - I am new to the forum and that was my first post and attempt at figuring out a riddle. I hadn't intended to point out typos, I was wondering if it was a clue and was trying to elicit the yes/no response. I meant no offense.

I meant no offense either, just pointing out the etiquette. But, it would have been better etiquette on my part to PM you about it. So, my apologies to you as well. And, welcome to the den.

[Guest]

OY! I sure hope this qualifies as "fair use."