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Hunter's Mistake
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 hunter aimed his gun carefully and fired. Seconds later, he realized his mistake. Minutes later, he was dead. What happened?
Answer
Solution #1It was winter. He fired the gun near a snowy cliff, which started an avalanche.
Solution #2
He shot an elephant (or any other powerful animal) with a low caliber rifle. Not powerful enough to kill it, the elephant became enraged and trampled him.
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