Situation puzzles inspired by real events

How do you get a full-grown pear inside a bottle of brandy?

Beulah died in the Appalachians, while Craig died at sea. Everyone was much happier with Craig's death. How come?

Jack goes on a trip with his compass. After a long walk, he stops to eat a sandwich. He is not able to find his way back afterwards.

The son of a rich man was kidnapped. The kidnapper wanted the rich man to bring and put the expensive diamond into the call-box located in a city park. Policemen surrounded this park, intending to catch the criminal. The father of the kidnapped child came to the call-box and did everything the kidnapper said to him, but the police could not prevent the cunning criminal from taking the diamond out of the call-box. They didn't grab the villian as well. What did he do?

A man is running, a crowd is running after him. The man is screaming to the crowd:"You will never see the gold!" and he starts shooting. People who observe all that are exulting.

A man is stranded on an island covered in forest. One day, when the wind is blowing from the west, lightning strikes the west end of the island and sets fire to the forest. The fire is very violent, burning everything in its path, and without intervention the fire will burn the whole island, killing the man in the process. There are cliffs around the island, so he cannot jump off. How can the man survive the fire? (There are no buckets or any other means to put out the fire)

The man was walking along the rails and suddenly he saw a train coming towards him. Then he ran like hell to meet the approaching train.

In some city an amount of people injured in car accidents was very high. Then it was decided by administration to make the using of seat belts oblidatory. People started to obey this rule. But the amount of crash accidents remained the same. Moreover, the number of injured people who addressed to the hospital even increased.

Two devices are commonly used by people. They are created for the same purpose. But one of them has lots of details and another does not has any. What are these things?

One person decided to play golf with Nick Faldo, imposing one condition - he will choose the time and the place for a match. Nick agreed. As a result this person beat the champion.

Aborigines lived on an island in the middle of the ocean. However, they found a way to get rich. How did they do it?

When kids were watching TV, they were not frigthened so much. But when they saw others suffering, they realized that something was not right.