by Hobbsicle » Mon Feb 11, 2019 5:16 pm
Does the impression he wants to create rely solely on marks on the log? Is he waiting for a layer of snow to fall, and then he walks backwards from the log, leaving foot prints leading to it and disappearing? Precisely
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A man in a small town has just committed a serious crime that he knows will be discovered soon and for which he will be the prime suspect. That winter night, he goes to stand on a fallen tree that crosses a ravine with a river beneath. He waits there while a fresh snow falls, and when it stops snowing, he walks backwards off the log and back to his house, where he hides under the floorboards. When the crime is discovered the following morning and the police arrive, they trace his footprints from his house, through the woods, and onto the log, where they stop halfway. Assuming he fell, they conduct a search of the river, and though they find nothing, they assume he died from the fall and freezing water. Once the snow melts, the man makes his escape.
Good solve, Galfisk, and good questions asked by all.