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Illustration for the riddle “The Puddle Under His Feet”

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The Puddle Under His Feet

A man is found hanging from a beam in a completely empty barn. No furniture, no ladder, nothing to climb on. Just a wide puddle of water beneath his feet. How did he do it?

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.