Logic Puzzles

117. Dead Man

A man is discovered hanging from the middle of an empty, windowless room. The door is locked from the inside, and the ceiling is too high to reach without aid. Apart from the rope around his neck, the only other thing in the room is a small puddle of water directly beneath him.

How did he manage to hang himself?

Submitted by me123 · Added 23 May 2013

Hint:

He wasn't murdered, and there was no chair for him to get up and hang himself.
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Solution:

Before taking his life, the man brought a large block of ice into the room, stood on it, and fixed the rope to the ceiling. After he stepped off, the ice gradually melted, leaving only a puddle of water and no visible object he could have used to reach the rope.


Comments (8)

sahil goyal 28 May 2013

there must be an ice cube which has melted now

bedead 22 July 2013

He used ice blocks

suraj 20 August 2013

there was an ice cube which has melted

lauramay 28 December 2013

He stood on an ice block and when it melted he was hung.

ashta27 20 February 2014

I am aware that the correct answer is the melted ice block but I'd like to propose a different theory because of the authors stress on "NOTHING".
Well according to the author there was nothing in the room so it is safe to assume that the room also didn't have any air. So the person died of asphyxiation.

Maheshpandalath 21 February 2014

ice cube is melted... he stands on that for hanging :D

oncemoreforluck 10 June 2015

an ice cube melted, as everyone before me has mentioned.

but, technically, since the author stresses the fact that there is NOTHING in the room, wouldn't there be no puddle, rope or dead man?

The answer is that the man climbed to the top of some huge ice cube, hung the top on the ceiling, tied it around his neck, and slowly, slowly, slowly died as the rope tightened.

abishekv 31 May 2018

he used ice blocks

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