Situation puzzleA train on the outskirts of Tokyo
At five minutes to midnight, I took the train on the outskirts of Tokyo. There were only me and a few other people in the carriage when a man entered. He looked around the carriage and as soon as the doors closed, his face was convulsed with horror.
He approached a girl.
– Excuse me, ma’am, are you 28 years old?
– Yes! – she replied – How did you guess?
He ignored her question and moved on to the man sitting next to him.
– And you... are you 45?
– Yes, right!
He looked at me.
– And you’re 35.
– That’s right, but how do you know?
– And you, miss, are you 50?
– Yes, exactly, but tomorrow I’ll be 51... or rather, in 5 minutes.
When she said that, the man’s face turned white as a sheet. Why?
Hints for guessers:
1. The person has a gift.
2. He can see at what age a person will die.
Answer:
The man with prophetic gift could see how many years others would live. He realized that the train would crash in less than 5 minutes and all the passengers would die.
More mystics: who tells the story if the narrator also died at the age of 35?
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