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maryl
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A man's body is found 200
feet below sea level, but the
cause of his death is not
drowning. How and where
did this man die?
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WombatDeath
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Re: Not Wet
« Reply #1 on: Jul 10th, 2003, 3:41pm » |
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He fell down a mine shaft?
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Re: Not Wet
« Reply #2 on: Jul 10th, 2003, 4:03pm » |
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Sea level is a measurement of the mean of the highest high tide and he lowest low tide. Just because a man was found 200 feet below sea level doesnt neccesarily mean he was underwater... (if u had said "under the surface of the sea" then that would be a diferent story) Perhaps a fall would account for the death, as wombat suggested...
As for were and how he died, i have no clue. 
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Re: Not Wet
« Reply #3 on: Jul 10th, 2003, 5:41pm » |
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I'm guessing dehydration myself. That 200 ft below sea level sounds about right for the bottom of Death Valley. Of course he could have been in the Dead sea region, in which case he could be a terrorism or occupation victim.
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Re: Not Wet
« Reply #4 on: Jul 11th, 2003, 1:39am » |
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Based on the wording of the question (and not the title), he could also had been murdered, and then thrown to the sea with "concrete boots"
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on Jul 10th, 2003, 5:41pm, Icarus wrote:| I'm guessing dehydration myself. That 200 ft below sea level sounds about right for the bottom of Death Valley. Of course he could have been in the Dead sea region, in which case he could be a terrorism or occupation victim. |
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Yes you're right -except I had heat stroke as the cause of death
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Re: Not Wet
« Reply #6 on: May 31st, 2005, 6:10am » |
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Sorry to bring back such an old thread, but there is the alternative solution of a man dying from radiation inside a nuclear submarine which had a leak.
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Re: Not Wet
« Reply #7 on: Oct 4th, 2006, 6:12pm » |
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I would've guessed the hypothermia answer.
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Re: Not Wet
« Reply #8 on: Oct 5th, 2006, 5:53am » |
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Hypothermia would be because of usually cold temperatures, most of the time, and as far as I know at 200 feet below sea level, it wouldn't be too cold. In fact, that's usually at a point at least a few hundred feet higher.
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Re: Not Wet
« Reply #9 on: Oct 5th, 2006, 5:49pm » |
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It would be cold if you were below the sea.
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Re: Not Wet
« Reply #10 on: Oct 5th, 2006, 11:09pm » |
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or he was good at holding his breath but the water pressure killed him.
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Re: Not Wet
« Reply #11 on: Oct 6th, 2006, 2:52am » |
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Maybe a sailor who died of some contagious disease. He was thrown overboard.
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Re: Not Wet
« Reply #12 on: Oct 6th, 2006, 4:53am » |
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I thought i had taken care of all leads to that incident.
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Re: Not Wet
« Reply #13 on: Oct 6th, 2006, 9:41am » |
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on Oct 5th, 2006, 5:49pm, TomC588 wrote:| It would be cold if you were below the sea. |
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But you'd have to be wet for that.
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alien
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He died in McDonald's. Or he jumped out of a plane.
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