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A man bought a package. On the next day, his body was found on a grassland. The package was unopened. He was dead.

What happened'?

Hint: He did not need to consume anything (or anything inside the package), neither was the package’s content the cause of death.

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Question is not a duplicate of the parachute riddle, neither is it too broad. The answer was found easily by Phylyp. Also the answer (death cause) is related to the description, so it clearly was not too broad. (For example: A killer killed him wouldn't make sense, as it has nothing to do with the description of the riddle).

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  • $\begingroup$ Looks like it's too broad. He could have died from any cause, natural or not. If the cause of death is related to the package, you should state it in your riddle, and probably add some other details to avoid hundreds of valid answers. $\endgroup$
    – xhienne
    Commented Apr 16, 2018 at 11:41
  • $\begingroup$ Edited it, thanks for pointing this out @xhienne $\endgroup$
    – UnknownBrightness
    Commented Apr 16, 2018 at 11:43
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    $\begingroup$ Is the man found in the grassland or the street? The title and description disagree. $\endgroup$
    – Riley
    Commented Apr 16, 2018 at 12:13
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    $\begingroup$ Possible duplicate of Dead in a Field $\endgroup$
    – Tom
    Commented Apr 16, 2018 at 12:24
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    $\begingroup$ I don't think you're going to convince anyone to reopen your question by simply asserting that it isn't too broad. Instead of arguing, you could just add a hint or two and solve the problem rather quickly. You say "Also the answer (death cause) is related to the description, so it clearly was not too broad." This might be a good argument if you had previously stated in your question that the cause of death was related to the description. Why don't you just state this explicitly in your question instead of arguing that it was already implied? $\endgroup$
    – Riley
    Commented Apr 17, 2018 at 15:20

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Hmm, this sounds like a chestnut.

The package was:

Bought by the person, and delivered by air-dropping it, and it struck him on his head during the air-drop, killing him.

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    $\begingroup$ Sorry for the broad question, this is not the anwer. Anyway, nice try though! :) $\endgroup$
    – UnknownBrightness
    Commented Apr 16, 2018 at 11:43
  • $\begingroup$ OK, based on your recent edit, I've updated the answer accordingly, let's see if this is any closer :-) $\endgroup$
    – Phylyp
    Commented Apr 16, 2018 at 11:52
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    $\begingroup$ You guessed it, even if others thought its "too broad"... Well done! :D $\endgroup$
    – UnknownBrightness
    Commented Apr 17, 2018 at 14:20
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    $\begingroup$ Interesting, I too thought Kepotx's answer was the right one. Thanks @UnknownBrightness ... although I can't claim 100% credit for this, I recall reading an old story (murder mystery?) about a WW1 pilot who accidentally kills the girl he loves by doing something similar. $\endgroup$
    – Phylyp
    Commented Apr 17, 2018 at 14:28
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Maybe the package was supposed to be open sooner, as it was...

a parachute. As the men failed to open it in the air, he crash on the ground, dying instantly

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    $\begingroup$ This has got to be it. +1. $\endgroup$
    – F1Krazy
    Commented Apr 16, 2018 at 12:05
  • $\begingroup$ That probably was the intended answer, even though the package was the cause of death. $\endgroup$
    – Acccumulation
    Commented Apr 16, 2018 at 22:23
  • $\begingroup$ @Acccumulation wasn't the intended answer, it was an airdrop as Phylyp suggested. $\endgroup$
    – UnknownBrightness
    Commented Apr 17, 2018 at 14:18
  • $\begingroup$ @UnknownBrightness then why did you post a comment on Phlylyp answer saying it wasn't? $\endgroup$
    – Kepotx
    Commented Apr 17, 2018 at 14:24
  • $\begingroup$ @Kepotx there was a ealier version of his answer, which was wrong. After this, i edited the question and stated my comment. Then he corrected his answer and now it's right. $\endgroup$
    – UnknownBrightness
    Commented Apr 17, 2018 at 14:28

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