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Phone Booth
Situation
Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
A rich man's son was kidnapped. The ransom note told him to bring a valuable diamond to a phone booth in the middle of a public park. Plainclothes police officers surrounded the park, intending to follow the criminal or his messenger. The rich man arrived at the phone booth and followed instructions but the police were powerless to prevent the diamond from leaving the park and reaching the crafty villain. What did he do?
Answer
This is a true story from Taiwan. When the rich man reached the phone booth he found a carrier pigeon in a cage. It had a message attached telling the man to put the diamond in a small bag which was around the pigeon's neck and to release the bird.When the man did this the police were powerless to follow the bird as it returned across the city to its owner.
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love it
Hmmm... yeah that's pretty weird. Don't you think the "smart" villain would've had the sense to ask for like... oh heck, I dunno.. lots of cash?
Err..wait.. yen isn't worth anything.. nvm... lol
Anyways... I thought he just had a sniper rifle trained on the son or something =P
Err..wait.. yen isn't worth anything.. nvm... lol
Anyways... I thought he just had a sniper rifle trained on the son or something =P
Wow that's clever...that might help me later in life, thanks!! lol jk......or am i?
really, then this is true story from hy heritage. where did you get this. i really want to know. i am very very interested.
That's a really good one, my friends loved it!
i like the riddle but a.....did he ever give the son back?
Who Knew? I would have never thought of that one.
I guessed at a helicopter
i was on the right lines -
by air
i was on the right lines -
by air
wow, i actually got it! Good one tho. very clever criminal. Too bad the police were not as clever or they could have put a small tracking device on the diamond or bird
It was smart of the criminal! I suppose he's rich now. Anyway, good teaser...I guess the strangest stuff is the truth
I was thinking "put on float & drop it in a drain"
there are others from tv/movies
put it in trash can (hole to subway)
put it in locker (false back in next room)
remote control boat/plane
there are others from tv/movies
put it in trash can (hole to subway)
put it in locker (false back in next room)
remote control boat/plane
wow lol that's interesting. but why were the police so stupid? they could have just attached something like a sensor map on the bird so they knew where it was going.
It is too vague to make out that there was a pigeon in the booth saying "Gimme the diamond". Puzzling.
@WCCope
He called the rich man in a phone both so none of what you suggested is applicable..
He called the rich man in a phone both so none of what you suggested is applicable..
a possible way to retrieve the crystal would be to give these instructions...
i am the kidnapper and the instructions are
put the diamond on the floor in a pocket size bag that is already in place.. and then leave and stand outside of phone booth, do not look at the phone booth and go home after 20 minutes.. (of course if you did not did what i say, i will kill the son or whatever)
i will send as many of my accomplices as i can (e.g. 20), into that phone booth and only one of them would come out with the diamond in his pocket.. police would not know which one and so would not be able to tail that person..
i am the kidnapper and the instructions are
put the diamond on the floor in a pocket size bag that is already in place.. and then leave and stand outside of phone booth, do not look at the phone booth and go home after 20 minutes.. (of course if you did not did what i say, i will kill the son or whatever)
i will send as many of my accomplices as i can (e.g. 20), into that phone booth and only one of them would come out with the diamond in his pocket.. police would not know which one and so would not be able to tail that person..
The first thought that came to mind was the police put a tracker on the pigeon. But then the son would probably get killed. Smart of the criminal. That's why they're called criminal masterminds.
I really liked this one, and, very unusually, I thought of the answer!
The suggestion of using a tracker device would work, in theory. But even the Taiwanese police probably don't normally go round with micro-sized tracking devices (and until not that long ago you couldn't have constructed one light enough). The police are presumably expecting some trick with an accomplice and there is no time to go and get a tracking device.
The suggestion of using a tracker device would work, in theory. But even the Taiwanese police probably don't normally go round with micro-sized tracking devices (and until not that long ago you couldn't have constructed one light enough). The police are presumably expecting some trick with an accomplice and there is no time to go and get a tracking device.
I read a similar story about the villain leaving a trained rat next to a sewer entrance. Same sort of clever method of receiving the prize. Nice
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