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The North Pole Bear Puzzle Reloaded

A man walks 1 mile south, then 1 mile east, and finally 1 mile north to find himself in exactly the same position as he started. He is NOT at the north pole, nor does he shoot a bear.
Where is he?

Original Credit: Martin Gardner

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folcklord about 17 hours ago
folcklord 2 days ago
folcklord 7 days ago
fewyun 11 months ago

I was going to bring up richbo’s point. but he got to it before me.

richbo 11 months ago contains spoiler (show)
der blauer reiter about 1 year ago contains spoiler (show)
slavedav about 1 year ago

very clever

jimifloyd about 1 year ago

wow – spent some time on this and never would have solved it!

marc0polo about 1 year ago

lol – “nor does he shoot a bear”

fze about 1 year ago

This might be more akin to a mathematics puzzle, but excellent nonetheless.

johnp about 1 year ago

Ingenious!