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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.

Puzzle ID:	#36455
Fun:	(2.59)
Difficulty:	(1.9)
Category:	Situation
Submitted By:	MMSMustang

A man is in downtown Walkville and is going to go home in his car. The man is 60 feet away from his car, yet he took only 13 steps and got in the car and drove away. How is this possible if he didn't leap or get assistance from anyone?

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Comments

notsosmart111 Apr 28, 2007	Ummmmm.... ok thats defnitely not what I was thinking!!!! YAY first post!
GABALLA06 Apr 28, 2007	I kinda thought.... oh never mind. Good teaser, second comment!
HarryPutter Apr 28, 2007	too many possiblities
HarryPutter Apr 28, 2007	third and fouth comment
HarryPutter Apr 28, 2007	now fifth
Jimbo Apr 29, 2007	So going up 6 floors in an elevator is not getting assistance? I walk the stairs!
4demo Apr 30, 2007	I have to agree with Jimbo. Although he didn't get assistance from "anyone", he did get assistance from "something", but "someone" built the elevator, so indirectly, he did get assistance from "someone", which is the same as "anyone"...does that make sense? Anyways, the teaser was pretty good.
cooltigerr1 Apr 30, 2007	haha 4demo has a point! but i liked the teaser it was good!
mixed_masteress May 03, 2007	I agree with Ademo and all but grreat teaser nonetheless. -ME- Ps. How do you know he only took 13 steps? What if he was short and took smaller steps?
Hummingbird1 May 21, 2007	I can't believe I got that!
MookBeez May 24, 2007	Oh, so he wasn't rollerskating down a hill then
swithie May 31, 2007	I thought he went up a flight of stairs thirteen steps long.
reptile5000 May 31, 2007	1- maybe he was riding a bike or an animal to it and got off 13 steps early 2- maybe he was doing cartwheels, which make strides much longer, if there considered strides at all. 3- maybe he didnt park his car correctly and it started rolling toward him, so he jsut got in. 4- maybe he was on ice and he slipped most of the way. ...and i can think of ALOT more too many possibilities, sry
tommy2 Jun 15, 2007	i thought it meant like literally 60 ft like the measurement so i was like ooh its a giant like yao ming and his steps are 1.3 metres long!
flowergirl1219 Jun 28, 2007	Don't forget to send me a message saying what subject you want me to do on a quiz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(user deleted) Oct 07, 2007	omg... i just realized. an elevator is considered a car
beyonce123 Feb 12, 2010	thought the same thing as swithie
lissiclown Jan 12, 2013	Ooo that was really clever! Loved it!