Puzzle 12: Restless Sleep

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Restless Sleep

A man wakes up one night to get some water. He turns off the light and goes back to bed. The next morning he looks out the window, screams, and kills himself.
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Hostess2

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 03:38 pm Click here to edit this post

~bump~

Ocean_Islands

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 03:50 pm Click here to edit this post

He is a prisoner on death row. He believes he has a reprieve, and that the gallows will not be erected at dawn.

However, at dawn he awakes and sees the gallows have been built in anticipation of his execution. He realizes he is about to be executed. He kills himself instead of being executed.

DING DING DING!!! Amazing Job! Congratulations Ocean Islands!

NO! *laughs at Ocean*

Spamgirl

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:01 pm Click here to edit this post

Cute OI! :)

I don't buy it... ladies?

Spamgirl

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:02 pm Click here to edit this post

does he see something outside that makes him want to kill himself? YES

did he make a mistake when he was trying to get the water? NO

did he make a mistake when he turned off the light? YES

Azriel

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:06 pm Click here to edit this post

Darn I left at the wrong time :(

Spamgirl

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:07 pm Click here to edit this post

did he realize the mistake he made when he turned off the light when he looked outside? YES

did he hit the wrong switch? YES

Merlin

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:08 pm Click here to edit this post

Did he see a person outside the window in the morning NO

Spamgirl

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:08 pm Click here to edit this post

what do you mean, AZ?

Spamgirl

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:09 pm Click here to edit this post

is he a high ranking official? NO

Azriel

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:10 pm Click here to edit this post

I thought it was already answered saw ding ding ding

Azriel

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:10 pm Click here to edit this post

Did he accidently turn something off when he turned off the lights? YES

Azriel

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:11 pm Click here to edit this post

Did he open a some kind of gate or door when he turned off the switch? NO

Spamgirl

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:11 pm Click here to edit this post

Did he accidentaly turn something on when he turned off the lights? NO

Merlin

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:12 pm Click here to edit this post

is the hostess ignoring my question? NO

Spamgirl

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:12 pm Click here to edit this post

Did he accidentally turn off the lights outside? YES

Azriel

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:13 pm Click here to edit this post

Does this have something to do with the man's job? YES

Does he work at a prison or zoo? NO

Spamgirl

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:13 pm Click here to edit this post

did something die because of his mistake (other than him)? YES

Merlin

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:13 pm Click here to edit this post

was the light a signal to someone YES

Azriel

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:13 pm Click here to edit this post

Did he turn off an alarm system? NO

Spamgirl

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:14 pm Click here to edit this post

did he accidentally turn off the security system? NO

Spamgirl

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:14 pm Click here to edit this post

did he see some sort of destruction or disaster outside the window in the morning? YES

Azriel

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:14 pm Click here to edit this post

He was a lighthouse keeper and he saw a shipwreck out the window because he turned off the lighthouse beacon?

DING DING DING! Yes Azriel.

Answer: The man is a lighthouse keeper. He wasn't quite awake when he got up in the night - unwittingly, he had shut off the light in the lighthouse. During the night, a ship crashes on the rocks. When the man realized what he had done, he killed himself.

Spamgirl

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:16 pm Click here to edit this post

that's it, AZ... good job!

Merlin

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:16 pm Click here to edit this post

I think you got it Azriel

Merlin

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:18 pm Click here to edit this post

The man turned off a security system that allowed prisoners to escape

Azriel

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:20 pm Click here to edit this post

~hop~ I think you and I thought of it at the same time spam. I just put it in words before you :)

Spamgirl

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:25 pm Click here to edit this post

Grin AZ... truth is, I've seen that one before... the answer didn't solidify until you posted your answer :)

gj az... ducky tonight, wonder what your other prize will be?

and when is the puzzle off anyways?

Azriel

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:28 pm Click here to edit this post

dunno :)

Ocean_Islands

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:29 pm Click here to edit this post

Wow Az! You rock!

But um, Digilady, did he really have to kill himself?

Hostess1

Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:49 pm Click here to edit this post

Hey, some guys are just emotional!
<snark>