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A Teacher and Her Stalker
Detective Drosnin stopped by Ms. Gray's house to inform her that the creep who had been stalking her years ago had just escaped from prison. She seemed to take the news fairly well, and was very polite, though she didn't invite him in.
"You know how demented he is, I'm worried that he'll come after you. Who knows what he might try!" Detective Drosnin said.
"Oh, I'm sure I have nothing to worry about," she replied. But she did sound pretty nervous.
"Would you like me to assign a security detail to you?" he asked.
"Oh, no. I'm a teacher for heaven's sake! Having bodyguards following me around would just scare the students at my school."
"Well, please give me a call or send me an email if you see anything suspicious at all. In fact, send me an email later no matter what, just to let me know that you're alright."
"I will definitely do that!" Ms. Gray replied.
Detective Drosnin got in his car and started back to the station, but after only a few minutes his phone buzzed to inform him that he had an email from Ms. Gray. It read:
This morning I tried a fun new seating style for the kids during the morning assembly. I helped arrange them into rows of twenty one. The kids didn't care, but I really loved it. I liked the second column the best.
"Why on earth would I care!?" he thought to himself. But then he remembered her passion for codes and realized she may be trying to tell him something. He took a closer look at her email, and couldn't believe what he found!
Can you tell what she was trying to say?
"You know how demented he is, I'm worried that he'll come after you. Who knows what he might try!" Detective Drosnin said.
"Oh, I'm sure I have nothing to worry about," she replied. But she did sound pretty nervous.
"Would you like me to assign a security detail to you?" he asked.
"Oh, no. I'm a teacher for heaven's sake! Having bodyguards following me around would just scare the students at my school."
"Well, please give me a call or send me an email if you see anything suspicious at all. In fact, send me an email later no matter what, just to let me know that you're alright."
"I will definitely do that!" Ms. Gray replied.
Detective Drosnin got in his car and started back to the station, but after only a few minutes his phone buzzed to inform him that he had an email from Ms. Gray. It read:
This morning I tried a fun new seating style for the kids during the morning assembly. I helped arrange them into rows of twenty one. The kids didn't care, but I really loved it. I liked the second column the best.
"Why on earth would I care!?" he thought to himself. But then he remembered her passion for codes and realized she may be trying to tell him something. He took a closer look at her email, and couldn't believe what he found!
Can you tell what she was trying to say?
Hint
Detective Drosnin realized that the message was not only in code, it was also the instructions on how to break the code!Answer
Detective Drosnin tried arranging the letters in Ms. Gray's email the way she described arranging the kids at her school, into rows of twenty one. Then he took a look at the second column like she suggested:t H i s m o r n i n g i t r i e d a f u n
n E w s e a t i n g s t y l e f o r t h e
k I d s d u r i n g t h e m o r n i n g a
s S e m b l y i h e l p e d a r r a n g e
t H e m i n t o r o w s o f t w e n t y o
n E t h e k i d s d i d n t c a r e b u t
i R e a l l y l o v e d i t i l i k e d t
h E s e c o n d c o l u m n t h e b e s t
No wonder she didn't invite him in!
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Good and fun teaser, though I figured out the code pretty quick
that is so freaky, i read this at night and am now scared, and WOW, that was fantastic.
This is an excellent teaser! More like this please!
Nice teaser, a little creepy at the end, but really creative
Creepy...
Nov 25, 2012
I don't understand. Why would man who wants to hurt her be in her house? Why would she told that to detective? She didn't want that detective will see him,but then she told him in email
Very nice, however it's not really clear whether you should count the dots, spaces, and apostrophes as well, I did this the first time and could only gather "he is" from it, than I tried to leave only the letters and got it right
Really creative teaser, even with the creepy plot!
I really like these. Hope to see a lot more.
I though it was fun. For those of you who don't understand the actual story, remember that stalkers are crazy. He may love her, but he would probably hurt her if she resisted him. She didn't tell the detective outright because he was probably behind her threatening her.
I was really confused. My heart just about stopped when I understood.
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BBBBUUUUTTTT LLLLOOOOSSSSERRR
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Doesn't work for lots of people now. The way the lines appear on my phone, the sequence of the 2nd letter in each line are nowhere near the answer.
cool i like it alot
I really tried hard on that one and I did end up with the rows-of-21 thing but I sort of gave up there.
That was a good teaser! The plot was nice too- you should write mystery novels!
That was a good teaser! The plot was nice too- you should write mystery novels!
pretty funny.
Holy cow!
My heart almost popped out, the second I concluded what the answer was.
My heart almost popped out, the second I concluded what the answer was.
Wonderful. The solution method was pretty obvious, but it was fun putting the answer together by counting through the text.
What really impressed me was that the e-mail text flowed so smoothly. Nothing seemed forced or contrived. Very nicely constructed.
What really impressed me was that the e-mail text flowed so smoothly. Nothing seemed forced or contrived. Very nicely constructed.
Goodness, the ending is so in-your-face that I got scared by reading it.
Best teaser i've seen on here yet. love it so much!
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