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A Criminal in the Village
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Puzzle ID: #13676
Submitted By: _riddle_reader_ Corrected By: mouseprincess
Submitted By: _riddle_reader_ Corrected By: mouseprincess
Mystery
Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.Mystery
There was a village that was controlled by the all powerful Chief. There was a theft in the village which had occurred recently, however no one knew who it was. The police had gathered up 8 suspects and brought them to the Chief. The Chief gave each of them a stick and said, "These are magic sticks. Overnight one stick will grow two inches longer than the rest. The one with the longer stick is the culprit. I want all of you to show up here again tomorrow." The next day, there was one person's stick that was two inches shorter while the other seven were two inches longer. The Chief had the person with the shorter stick arrested. How did he know that he was the culprit?
Hint
The Chief was expecting this as a result.Answer
The sticks weren't really magical. The Chief had said that because he knew that the real criminal would try to cut his stick shorter so it would remain the same length in the morning.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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This is awesome!
Its a good teaser, but i had heard that one before from a book I read.
that was a good teaser
oldie but a goodie.
thats the first teaser ive managed to work out today!
Real Clever! Keep em comin
.... the theif shaved off 2 inches because he thought it had grown. that or the village is full of theives and that man was the only true innocent among them.
I like this teaser. I added it to my favorites.
This one was real easy, I got it right off the bat. But I admit it was pretty clever
Very clever riddle. I got it though. Still, I applaud you riddle_reader. Keep'em coming!
A version of this is in "Cyberquest" by Sigmund Brouwer. Any 1 read it?
Nov 14, 2003
dang that was a good one!!!!
Heh...why didn't the thief just measure the original length and then take off two inches should it have grown, which it didn't? Not a very bright kender, we see.
the thief is a moron. he could have measured the stick and, if it had grown, cut it to the original length. if it remained the same length, no worries. but i think i like sotnakitt's answer better: the village is full of thieves!
No that is not a better answer, or how would the one person have a shorter stick
redrouge, criminals usually aren't that smart. that's why they are criminals.
That was sort of easy to figure out, but you still had to think (sort of )
Too easy. read it in a book i read.
i already knew the answer
one of my friends solving it
i ALSO like it becuse the chief did a relly fancy od trick and you know that i love those 8
one of my friends solving it
i ALSO like it becuse the chief did a relly fancy od trick and you know that i love those 8
And yet i get another one, right Ya!
the ruler - i think the idea was that if all the other villagers were theives then their sticks would have grown by 2 inches, therefore one stick was 2 inches shorter because it was the original length
THIS IS A COPY!!! Its an Indian story.
Easy One.
i read this before
Cool
isn't this from a book?
Way to easy.
GREAT JOB!!! It got me thinking but it was pretty clever GREAT JOB... again LOL!!
Easy but fun to read
No-brainer
Fun! Gullible Criminal...
hmm... i saw this riddle on the 4th grade houghton mifflin reading book... O.o
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