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Illustration for the riddle “The Diver in the Forest”

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The Diver in the Forest

After a forest fire, rescuers find a dead man among the charred trees, wearing a full wetsuit, mask on his face and fins on his feet. The nearest coast is fifty miles away. How did he get there?

The solution

Uncover this answer in Post Mortem. In the app, the narrator answers your questions as you piece together the story.

Available on Google Play and the App Store.

Where do you start?

Read the scene again and separate the facts from your assumptions. With a narrator who knows the answer, ask one question at a time. They answer yes, no or irrelevant.