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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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fewyun 6 months ago

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

richbo 7 months ago contains spoiler (show)
der blauer reiter 9 months ago contains spoiler (show)
slavedav 10 months ago

very clever

jimifloyd 10 months ago

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

marc0polo 10 months ago

lol – “nor does he shoot a bear”

fze 10 months ago

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

johnp about 1 year ago

Ingenious!