Alright, I'm here. Let's get this thing going...

Connor asks: Has the man been murder[ed]?
YES

Has the man been punctured in any way?
YES

Flypsyde asks: Did the man die of a fall?
NO

Finagle asks: Was he Icarus?
NO

Did someone decide to see which fell faster in a vacuum, a 175 lb man or a feather?
NO

Did he really, really irritate a duck?
NO

(How come people always die in these 3 minute mysteries? Doesn’t anyone ever get off with a warning?)
YES - BUT NOT TODAY :slight_smile:

Connor asks: There is just ONE feather?
YES

Is the feather some sort of midievel (sp) plummage of sorts?

Did he die in a joust?

Is an arrow with two other feathers in it sticking out of the man?

was the feather directly responsible for his death?

Indirectly responsible?

Is it an albatross feather?

Was the feather fletching from an arrow?

Connor asks: Is the feather some sort of midievel (sp) plummage of sorts?
NO

Did he die in a joust?
NO

Finagle asks: Is an arrow with two other feathers in it sticking out of the man?
NO

Mojo asks: was the feather directly responsible for his death?
NO

Indirectly responsible?
YES

Is it an albatross feather?
NOT RELEVANT

ohmigod, the albatross puzzle. Third grade, sitting on the bus, trying to figure that one out. Far out!

Was the feather left my the murderer?

Flypsyde asks: Was the feather fletching from an arrow?
NO

SwimmingRiddles asks: Was the feather left **y the murderer?
YES

Was he in an archery duel? Did one feather fall off one of his arrows causing him to lose?
(Note, having an arrow with three feathers on it sticking out of him would have required a YES to the question about the arrow with two feathers. One’s a subset of the other.)

Finagle, we know there’s only one feather.

Finagle asks: Was he in an archery duel?
NO

Did one feather fall off one of his arrows causing him to lose?
NO

Note, having an arrow with three feathers on it sticking out of him would have required a YES to the question about the arrow with two feathers. One’s a subset of the other.
YES

Non-serious answer:

The man was depressed. The murderer knew this and gave him a feather. The victim felt “down” and killed himself :slight_smile:

Could the feather have come from an arrow that had passed through the victim?

Was the feather attached to anything prior to the murderer leaving it?

Is the murderer a person?

A bird?

Is the type (from what type of bird) of feather important?

Is it a pronothenary warbler feather?

Was the feather attached to anything?

Was the feather poisoned?

Was the man punctured by the feather?

Was the man tickled by the feather?

Finagle asks: Non-serious answer: The man was depressed. The murderer knew this and gave him a feather. The victim felt “down” and killed himself :slight_smile:
HEH. THE LAST PERSON TO TRY SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS THROWN FROM THE TOP OF MYSTERY MOUNTAIN BY AN ANGRY MOB

smug asks: Could the feather have come from an arrow that had passed through the victim?
NO

Mojo asks: Was the feather attached to anything prior to the murderer leaving it?
NO

Is the murderer a person?
YES

A bird?
NO

Is the type (from what type of bird) of feather important?
NO

Is it a pronothenary warbler feather?
NO

Connor asks: Was the feather attached to anything?
NO

Was the feather poisoned?
NO

Was the man punctured by the feather?
NO

Finagle asks: Was the man tickled by the feather?
YES!!