Burning Island Puzzle
A man is stranded on an island covered in forest. |
There are cliffs around the island, so he cannot jump off.
How can the man survive the fire? (There are no buckets or any other means to put out the fire)
The man picks up a piece of wood and lights it from the fire on the west end of the island.
He then quickly carries it near the east end of he island and starts a new fire. The wind will cause that fire to burn out the eastern end and he can then shelter in the burnt area.
The man survives the fire, but dies of starvation, with all the food in the forest burnt.