Disco Deceit
Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
"I could have been killed, Inspector Wright!" cried Sam Dancer as the brilliant detective stepped in his disco.
"Tell me what happened," Inspector Wright asked.
"I was closing my disco and then this guy came with a gun. He took all my money and took a shot at me. Luckily, it only scraped past my arm," Sam said, showing him a bandaged flesh wound. "I didn't touch anything. I have seen enough detective movies to know that you would want to look for clues."
Inspector Wright stood in the middle of the mirrored walls that perfectly reflected the scene of the crime.
"You left one clue too many Sam. Or maybe you didn't leave it. You are lying."
Why didn't Inspector Wright believe Sam's story?
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Answer
If the "bullet" just scraped past Sam's arm, one of the mirrored walls would be broken.
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Comments
mathisnice   
Mar 07, 2010
| I thought there would have been blood on the ground. |
xxsoftballxx13x 
Mar 09, 2010
| I thought correctly. There would have been a window broken, or at least something broken from the "bullet." |
nidhikaila 
Mar 14, 2010
| Not necessarily. If the bullet's trajectory was downwards and not upwards, then the bullet would hit the floor and not the wall.
I thought of a broken mirror wall and then realised that it depends on the trajectory of the bullet and the position of the arm when the shot was fired.
It is also possible, depending on the calibre of the firearm and the distance to the wall from where the victim was standing, for the bullet to complete its trajectory and just fall. |
nidhikaila
Mar 14, 2010
| i agree with mathsisnice. That would be credible. But not the mirror explanation. Sorry. |
science12nerd 
Mar 19, 2010
| Usually, when something scraped past your arm, would there be a lot of blood? And of course, seeing something scraped past you you would hold it, try to see if it was wounded. In that instance, the blood will only be on Sam's arm. And besides, when you shoot someone, would you point it downwards? You usually would point it towards a witness if you were caught. |
zembobo 
Mar 19, 2010
| This teaser obviously has more than one correct answer. I can appreciate it because it gets you thinking. But on the same note, I would change the teaser to ask why the inspector SUSPECTED he was lying, not WHY he was lying. |
precious1026
Apr 10, 2010
|  If the Disco was covered in Mirrors, there would have had to be broken glass somewhere in the disco. Therefore, the owner had to be lying. Now, why he lied is another teaser all together.  |
precious1026
Apr 10, 2010
| By the way, Good Simple Teaser without motive, but good, nevertheless... |
nima_m 
Apr 11, 2010
| good one , but easy  |
OldChinaHand
Apr 18, 2010
| Inspector Wright can not make a case or should not draw such a conclusion on such flimsy evidence. One must consider the caliber of the weapon, the distance to any mirrored surface, the bullet's trajectory, any deflection factors and the wound itself as well as the victim before any conclusions can be drawn. There are probability several other factors as well. |
pn_16
May 04, 2010
| fun! got it |
bookwrmKP
May 29, 2010
| Easy peasy, but I liked it.  |
meh_32123
Sep 07, 2010
| i thought since he had no money,how could he afford a bandage??
dumb guess |
princess2007
Mar 19, 2011
| I'm sorry but where exactly does it say that none of the mirrors were broken? Last I checked, discos usually have more than one (a LOT more than one) mirror. The teaser only talks about ONE mirror "perfectly reflecting the crime scene". Assuming the disco is atleast a decent sized room, it is very possible that a mirror is broken which the detective cannot possibly notice or confirm in the course of a brief conversation. Oh and I DID get the answer because of the way the mirrors were emphasized in the mystery. I don't mean to discourage your effort but I think you should have put more thought into this. A full rating for fun though! |
Quarter_Queen
May 17, 2011
| Pretty easy, but Queen liked it  |
yangjun
Jul 13, 2011
| The inspector wright all of a sudden let me think of phoenix wright, a mystery game I loved that game |
Benjiboo
Nov 21, 2011
| i thought it was the bullet scraped PAST the man it didnt GO RIGHT ACROSS THE SIDE of the mans arm |
science12nerd
Feb 12, 2012
| Well, it did say SCRAPED... |
SkSuper
Jun 28, 2012
| Oh now I get it sometines you read these and your like how did I miss that? You did a great job by the way I spent like 15 min just trying to figure it ou!!  |
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