Lateral Thinking Puzzles

21. Murder

A man has been murdered in his home, but the only living thing in his house at the time was his fish. He was found by his next door neighbour an hour later, she saw water and glass on the floor, the police were called and the murderer was found dead but they couldn't have arrested the murderer anyway. why not?


















Answer

The fish tank fell off the shelf and hit him on the head and killed him, the murderer was the fish and the fish tank that Is why they couldn't arrest them! Comment if you got it!

Submitted by Niallza · Added 3 February 2014

Solution:

The man was killed by the fish tank that fell off the shelf and struck him on the head. The murderer was found dead, so they couldn't arrest him. The fish, being a living creature, cannot be arrested, and the tank is considered the 'murderer' in a metaphorical sense.


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Comments (1)

lbrandon 20 November 2014

They could not arrest the murderer bc he was found dead.

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