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cheesepuff
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Roller Coaster Death
« on: Jan 9th, 2006, 5:31pm » |
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Some people were visiting a theme park. they got on the roller coaster. Suddenly they went into a dark tunnel. There was about 30 seconds spent in that long dark tunnel. suddenly, as they emerged, someone screamed. The person sitting next to her was beheaded. Everyone else on the train cart was fastened tight. How was this person murdered?
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #1 on: Jan 10th, 2006, 12:37am » |
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Maybe the person was beheaded already before entering the tunnel?
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #2 on: Jan 10th, 2006, 4:54pm » |
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The beheaded person was an adult (or just tall); the rest were kids (or just short).
Was the dead girl Snow White?
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #3 on: Jan 11th, 2006, 3:41pm » |
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maybe the beheaded was dummy enough? and they were testers riding?
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #4 on: Jan 11th, 2006, 6:07pm » |
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perhaps he was abnormally tall and the end of the tunnel had a sharp edge on top but so high no one would have ever guessed someone like the beheaded one would be so tall
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #5 on: Jan 11th, 2006, 6:10pm » |
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Posted by: Grimbal Posted on: Jan 10th, 2006, 12:37am
Maybe the person was beheaded already before entering the tunnel?
But if that's the answer then that begins the new question of how was he beheaded BEFORE entering the tunnel?
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #6 on: Jan 14th, 2006, 4:24pm » |
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30 seconds in a dark tunnel?
Theme park rides only LAST thirty seconds or so.
People screaming on a roller coaster is normal.
I'd say the dude's head exploded from all the excitement. 
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #7 on: Jan 15th, 2006, 1:30pm » |
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It was just a puppet standing besides the wagon to scare people.
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #8 on: Jan 15th, 2006, 4:57pm » |
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Was the guy behind him carrying a pair of hedge clippers? 
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #9 on: Feb 19th, 2006, 8:14am » |
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he stood up in the tunnel
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #10 on: Feb 22nd, 2006, 4:28pm » |
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sorry haven't checked in a while...
No to all
Height doesn't really matter, but he is around 5 feet 9
He was still in his seat when he was dead
people would notice hedge clippers
and this is one of those special ride that take like 2 minutes and are designed to scare people with dark tunnels and stuff.
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #11 on: Feb 23rd, 2006, 5:06pm » |
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Killer waited inside the tunnel in an area where he could see the rider yet not be seen himself.
As the coaster passes by the killer drops a wire loop over his head. At the slow part before a fast drop would be ideal.
The other end of the wire is attached firmly to the ceiling and as the securely strapped in passenger proceeds down the tunnel the wire slices his head off.
Before the death is discovered, the killer has mingled with the mass of theme park people!
Possibly in the mob that is trying to find out what all the ruckus is about.
Killer could also be dressed as one of the park mascots or as a character in the theme of the tunnel exhibits.
Bruce
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #12 on: May 17th, 2006, 1:09am » |
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Can a brotha get some resolution on this one? Or at least some more hints? I've got nothing to go on here. 
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It is in the nature of riddles that every detail is significant, and the answer is aesthetically satisfying.
I feel that the last sentence is confusing since it asks a question we otherwise have no basis for. Normally, we'd put a death in a fairground down to an accident (from standing up in the ride, for instance). Maybe better phrased as "The dead man was murdered. How was this done?" perhaps?
Now we have abunch of questions, some of which might be relevant:
why was he murdered?
by whom?
why decapitation?
why in the dark?
why is the duration significant?
why did the other passenger scream?
Standing up in the ride fits with all the facts apart from the murder.
A garotte fits with all facts except the scream and the darkness: why would someone scream in the total dark?
We can guess that the screamer was either the murderer trying to cover their tracks with a fake scream, or (more intellectually satisfying) they saw or felt something related to the murder that the other passengers did not.
Glowing eyes from high vision goggles worn by the murderer would be suitable, but wouldn't explain the decapitation.
The head falling into the passenger's lap would explain the scream, but fails to explain the mechanism of decapitation.
I'm stumped on it.
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #14 on: Jun 6th, 2006, 1:41am » |
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Dewimorgan, I believe that the scream happened as the train emerged from the tunnel which would be pretty reasonably if someone had just seen a decapitated body.
Also: Clues? Come on seriously, we need something here 
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #15 on: Jun 21st, 2006, 8:02pm » |
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We've all been looking into bizarre and complicated explanations as to how this man was killed. Maybe the guy behind him just looped a wire around his neck and took his head off. Or maybe the person next to him did it and faked the scream.
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #16 on: Jun 26th, 2006, 5:21pm » |
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The fact that 'the rest of the people were strapped in' would incenuate that the strap or safety bar (whatever the restraint was) had somehow beheaded him during the ride. That, or someone could have pushed him against the tunnel wall (or he did so himself), which did the same (since he wasn't strapped in).
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #17 on: Jul 18th, 2006, 6:47am » |
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on Feb 23rd, 2006, 5:06pm, egnorant wrote:Killer waited inside the tunnel in an area where he could see the rider yet not be seen himself.
As the coaster passes by the killer drops a wire loop over his head. At the slow part before a fast drop would be ideal.
The other end of the wire is attached firmly to the ceiling and as the securely strapped in passenger proceeds down the tunnel the wire slices his head off.
Before the death is discovered, the killer has mingled with the mass of theme park people!
Possibly in the mob that is trying to find out what all the ruckus is about.
Killer could also be dressed as one of the park mascots or as a character in the theme of the tunnel exhibits.
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pretty close
same basic idea, just you cant target the person, youre not sure which seat he's in in a dark tunnel, but
he is beheaded with a wire, its going pretty fast in the tunnel
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #18 on: Jul 18th, 2006, 2:04pm » |
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Not unless he just happens to be a little bit taller, or a chaperone on a ride for people of only a certain height. In that case, you most certainly can target that one person. He really "stands out in the crowd."
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #19 on: Jul 18th, 2006, 2:52pm » |
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Somehow that answer's just not that satisfying :\
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #20 on: Jul 18th, 2006, 7:46pm » |
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He is beheaded with a wire, you just have to find out where the wire was attached and how it was stable enough to behead him
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #21 on: Jul 18th, 2006, 11:40pm » |
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My answer is perfectly plausible given the facts.
By mentioning murder you indicate a planned death. Not specifically this person.
The mention that "Everyone else was fastened tight" would lead us to believe that the murdered person was no longer or had not been fastened tight. this might indicate faulty or damaged restraint system.
What was its design? T-bar? seat belt? shoulder bar or hoop?
New clue indicated that it was a wire and it was moving fast. Fast in relation to what?
My new speulation has the specific seat rigged with a wire along the pull down hoop restraint.
Thread the wire under the car so that when it passes a preinstalled hook it will catch and snatch the wire through the neck and under the train.
Previous theory fits the facts as presented provided the the target was specific.
Might even use night vision goggles for ID!
Second specifies a certain design of restraint and a non-specific target.
A specific seat could be targeted if every seat was rigged and the catch wires for each seat were spread across the width of the underside of the train. Then a certain seat could be picked by using a hook in....say, hole #9! Spot that the person targeted is in seat 9 as the ride starts then perform a funtion (accomplice on walkie talkie, murderer goes himself, remote control) that provides for a hook in...hole #9. Specific target!
I could also rig a motor to swing an loop of wire from the roof at neck height when a train goes under.
Non-specific target!
With a little tweaking I could have this one drop on a specific seat by remote control.
Was the seat layout 2 across? 4 across?
As presented there are numerous possibilities.
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #22 on: Jul 19th, 2006, 8:44am » |
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"Fast" to me, implies: 1) dropping a loop of wire over a target's moving head is not feasible, 2) the target can be decapitated by taut stationary wire, 3) the target will, if his safety harness is not correctly fastened, be thrown up when passing over a bump, if his safety harness is incorrectly fastened (as is implied by the original question).
SO: murderer is staff who locks people into their seat and tampers with the fastener of the victim. Murder implement is wire suspended over a bump in the track, resulting in decapitation. head lands on neighbour's lap, so they scream.
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #23 on: Jul 19th, 2006, 11:07am » |
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Could the killer have been another passenger? They could've gotten away with it if it was a dark tunnel, no one would have known.
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Re: Roller Coaster Death
« Reply #24 on: Jul 19th, 2006, 10:31pm » |
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the killer was the one sitting next to him, they were sitting in the last row, making easy access to... something moving fast. The weapon did not consist of a wire only
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