Situation puzzles | Lateral thinking puzzles

Eva was a skeptic, and never believed in the paranormal. But after she had spent 3 nights in a creepy forest all alone, her skepticism disappeared. Why?

Many people were surprised when a famous town merchant named Bill rolled out a barrel of honey to the square and offered everyone a treat. But people were even more surprised when they asked about the reason for such a gift and heard Bill reply that it wasn’t a gift at all.

He wasn’t hungry, but food saved his life.

Bill always wore a silk scarf to work, whatever the weather. What’s his job, and why does he need this scarf?

Sherlock Holmes had a secret room, and the key to it was in a chest of drawers. He didn’t let anyone in there – neither Dr. Watson, nor Mrs. Hudson. But when Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson left, Mrs. Hudson decided to see what was in the room, took the key, opened the room, and entered. She walked around the room, approached a table, opened a book lying on it. Suddenly, she heard footsteps downstairs, and Holmes’s voice, “I forgot something.” Mrs. Hudson quickly closed the book, put it back, went to the door, turned off the light, left the room, closed the door, and managed to put the key back. Holmes took the key, opened the door, looked into the room, and immediately asked, “Mrs. Hudson, why did you enter my room?” How did Holmes know that Mrs. Hudson had entered his room?

Gordon came to see Harry and gave him a few strikes in the stomach. Then, they had a short talk, and he struck a few more times. Harry died a couple of days later. What happened?

I was alone in the mountains studying birds. When I accidentally fell from a height and broke my leg, I noticed an unknown black bird. I couldn't even get up, and I would have died of thirst or hunger if it hadn’t been for a strange girl who started coming to me every night. She had black hair, long eyelashes, and a charming smile. She never talked but just lay on top of me and fed me from her mouth. I thought it was raw meat. Sometimes, she gave me warm blood to drink, but I was so hungry that enjoyed any food. She left immediately afterwards. About a month later, my leg felt better. I managed to get up, return home, and finally have a proper meal. I was surprised when at night she somehow got into my room again and woke me up. Chewing something, she slowly started climbing on top of me again. I tried to resist, but in vain. She forced the food into my mouth and left, smiling. This time I was full, so I felt an aversion. Spitting everything out on the floor and recollecting myself, I managed see pieces of someone’s eye in this lump. Since then, it happened every night. Although I was grateful to her for saving me, I begin to feel really worried. Fortunately, she stopped visiting me after a couple of weeks. Five years have passed since then. I’m on Mount Fuji now, and here I met the black bird again. Now I understand everything. My time is short. Do you know why?

A rich pirate buried a treasure full of jewels. Of course, he had a map to find it, but someone stole it a month later. The pirate didn’t react to this at all. Why was he so calm?

When it turned out that the painting was fake, it became 10 times more expensive. How did it happen?

There are three drunk men and a corpse in the room. The men refuse to talk to the police, but they still quickly identified the killer. How?

Thieves broke into a woman’s house. She shut herself up in her room and called the police. She was told that there were no patrol cars available right now, and she would have to wait. She didn’t wait. 5 minutes later, 3 patrol cars and an ambulance were at her house. What did she do?

Jasmine was playing her usual favorite game when they suddenly started shooting at her. What happened?