Misguided Instructions
Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
Shaley was devastated. Last night her father died and left her $100,000. Her father left a note to where the money was, but she couldn't understand what it meant. She immediately called Detective Bowen.
When Detective Bowen arrived, he took the note from Shaley. It said:
Take 21 tissues off the desk.
You will see 14 pictures on the 4th floor.
Go 5 steps to your left.
Proceed down 18 stairs.
Take 20 paces towards the study.
You will see 8 stone eagles, 5 of which are flightless.
Tell them each 13 stories of 1 pirate.
After that, spin around 19 times.
Walk 20 steps outside to the 5th tree you see.
There will be 18 branches by the 2nd water fountain.
Finally, you should see 5 girls and 4 boys.
"I don't understand what he wrote in his letter, Detective", Shaley said, "it doesn't make any sense!"
"Don't worry", said Detective Bowen, "I know exactly where your money is."
How does Detective Bowen know where the money is?
HintForget the text, the numbers are important.
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Answer
In the note, the numbers represent letters of the alphabet. For example, 1=A. So the numbers in the note read, "Under the master bed".
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Comments
HarryPutter   
Apr 26, 2007
| very nice teaser my answer was totally off the actual answer. good job  |
JonnieB    
Apr 27, 2007
| very nice, i actually got that right because i was hoping someone would use the alphabet to stand for numbers  |
notsosmart111   
Apr 30, 2007
| HI cammy!!!! I love this teaser it is so cool!!!!! it is so brilliant! |
cooltigerr1   
Apr 30, 2007
| loved it!
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emily103  
Apr 30, 2007
| I was all confused and just looked at the answer never would think that would be in mystery! more like cryptography except easier |
mrme  
May 02, 2007
| I had to look at the hint to get it |
Carrie_   
May 03, 2007
| That was confusing! |
oddrey  
May 05, 2007
| You had me confused with that one. I had a fun time with it!! |
gallopingboo   
May 09, 2007
| i loved it! great job!!!  |
nerdyiscool   
May 11, 2007
| ...OH. Clever, but not exactly fit for a nerfhead like me! |
hockeyfan94  
May 20, 2007
| really hard, but fun |
Irish_chic  
May 22, 2007
| coolio! i love these kinds of teasers! they're so fun! |
rose996  
May 23, 2007
| lol i didn't even try to solve it but it's funny. I would be sooooo mad because I'd never figure that out  |
cista  
May 24, 2007
| cool... |
reptile5000   
Jun 01, 2007
| Shouldn't he have just left all his money in the bank? |
sharmainsan   
Jun 03, 2007
| haha.. very nice...I surely LOVED it!!! it's SOOO cool!!!  |
IDIDNTDOIT  
Jun 10, 2007
| I kept ignoring everything but the movement instructions, and winded up 18 steps outside looking up at a tree. Buried treasure!?
Not even close.  |
koolgyul   
Jun 12, 2007
| had 2 take d hint b4 i cud hav figured it out! But once d hint was given, it was smooth sailing from there!  |
brainglewashed 
Jun 13, 2007
| Good one Cam  |
NiseyD 
Jun 16, 2007
| I have to say number/letters where the first thing that sprung to mind! I was surprised as ususally I get stumped! clever clever! Cant believe I actually got it! what the!? |
Mannboy 
Jun 16, 2007
| haha that was cool!!!  |
Madelulabelle   
Jun 18, 2007
| I thought it was going to be that you had to take the letter from the sentence that was that number, so in the first one it wouldbe the 21st letter etc... |
princess2007  
Jun 21, 2007
| cool! this is a new type of decodation! (is decodation even a word?)  |
saltydavid   
Jun 28, 2007
| I just have a hard time with these math ones. I will try harder next time. |
Riddlerman   
Jul 06, 2007
| Nice and fun. Great teaser!!!! |
preppygirl 
Jul 17, 2007
| Im pathetic!i want to be a detective but i couldnt fiqure even this out!!!  |
taggerun
Jul 19, 2007
| it was a little hard
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fairydust   
Aug 02, 2007
| you are so good at this! |
luckypuppy   
Aug 15, 2007
| guessed it right away, although it took some time to go through the letters one by one  |
LuvMyTrivia   
Aug 28, 2007
| Very, very clever indeed!  |
soccerboo21 
Sep 10, 2007
| i was onto somthing there about the numbers and letters but its to clever for me a doughball thats me lol!!!!!!!!  |
tommysmo 
Sep 28, 2007
| very hard. i didn't get it and wasn't even on the right track!  |
lastlyboo   
Oct 06, 2007
| COOOOL  |
IQ_master  
Oct 08, 2007
| Her father must have been insane!! (: |
MzPink85 
Nov 07, 2007
| clever!! I liked that one!  |
snipa  
Nov 26, 2007
| ez ezz ezz eezz eez eez ez zzee  |
snipa  
Nov 26, 2007
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lgleaves   
Dec 19, 2007
| i only got it right because i was hoping someone would use that code! (A=1 B=2, etc.) I was so excited when i got through "under" that i missed some letters and ended up with "UNDER TE MATTRSS"  |
dudebomb93   
Dec 23, 2007
| Nice teaser once again grilledcheeese,  |
kiddo230508   
Feb 16, 2008
| nice teaser grilledcheese! |
tree_frog_25   
Mar 01, 2008
| im so stupid I didnt realize the number thing and I usually do!!! Thats what I get for being n at 10 0 PM  |
Erhys   
Apr 06, 2008
| nice, but to make it harder, have the 'riddle' seem more like an actual treasur hunt. otherwise it'd be easy to tell that the numbers were the main thing, end esp. 1-26, a-z. |
sourdough
Jun 24, 2008
| SourDough gives this one "3 thumbs up" for originality and for stumping ol' $D 
Very good mystery!, yes indeed! 
$D  |
parktell   
Jul 04, 2008
| i could just kick myself...  |
johnyboy44311  
Sep 29, 2008
| Hahaha
Just as I tought, It was the answer. |
MagicPurple 
Feb 26, 2011
| Got it with the hint
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princess2007  
Mar 26, 2011
| The hint wasn't of much use to me cuz i immediately realized the text was useless. But I couln't figure out what exactly the numbers meant! Nice one!  |
chessgenius  
Dec 30, 2011
| I thought the numbers are the code to his locker.Very good teaser. |
YJunjie
Jan 25, 2012
| Got it without the hint, but I was too lazy to calculate the letters.  |
sofa998
Jan 16, 2013
| I found it pretty easy because there was no way to accurately analyze the directions, but there were lots and lots of numbers waiting to be decoded...  |
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