Lateral Thinking Puzzles

122.

A Man in a Cave

There's a man in a cave, staring at a blank wall. behind him is a large fire. All of a sudden the man exclaims "i see a book!" He says this without turning around. What is he talking about?

Submitted by cjmac · Added 7 February 2013

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Comments (7)

pi 10 May 2013

he is archeologist :D :D

persionguitar 14 September 2013

He must be drunk..... :lol:

Pollyn 22 April 2014

Because the large fire is in his back, he can see the shadow in the blank wall..... :oops:

ashta27 22 April 2014

Maybe he's reading signs in a cave. Like hieroglyphs. I know this is an answer with a weak logic but this what came to my mind. :?

planless 19 June 2014

HE IS LYING

Shubh 29 July 2014

He is an archaeologist cum historian. While studying the cave walls, he foresees that he could write a book on his studies on caves & cave-arts!
So he exclaims thinking about the book he would be publishing in near future!!

Anonymous 31 July 2026

This is plato's allegory of the cave. He is seeing shadows from people and objects between him and the fire (the fire may be representative of the sun) and their shadows can telll a story

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