Danger
The stop before the landslide
Level 2 · Medium
Three hikers ask to get off a bus in the middle of a mountain pass, far from any path. A few minutes later a landslide overwhelms the vehicle. All the other passengers die; the three survivors accuse each other.
- Choose a narrator: they read the answer privately and hide it.
- Read the premise aloud. Answers: yes, no or irrelevant.
- When the game ends, mark the puzzle as played.
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The answer
Through the window, they had seen stones falling from the slope above the road. Fearing a landslide, they asked the driver to stop, claiming they wanted to reach a trail. They told nobody what they had seen: they wanted to get off immediately rather than spend time persuading the others. The bus drove on and was struck by the landslide. Their guilt came from concealing the danger that had prompted them to flee, rather than from causing the landslide.