Lateral Thinking Puzzles - third time is best!

Yes

Is it really what we would regard as a rock or is it something else? Like did the rock sprout legs and start moving?

Was the rock actually a turtle/tortoise?
Was the rock on the back of some other animal?
Was the rock mounted on some sort of vehicle?
Was the rock dragged across the ground by something/someone?

Yes

A large turtle. Yes. You guys got this one fast!

Okay. Let me try again:

Nancy is reading the morning newspaper. She puts the paper down and goes to the park. Before reading the newspaper Nancy had not been planning to go to the park. Why did she go to the park?

Did the issue date remind her it’s not a work day?

Did a news story or an ad inspire her to go to the park?

Did Nancy get what she expected from the park?
Did the newspaper headline include the word “park”?

reply to Rhodes:

Did the issue date remind her it’s not a work day? No.

Did a news story or an ad inspire her to go to the park?
No.

reply to colinfred:

Did Nancy get what she expected from the park? Yes.
Did the newspaper headline include the word “park”? No.

Is wordplay involved in the solution?

reply to dirtball:

Is wordplay involved in the solution?

No wordplay.

Was her reason for going to the park:
financial?
romantic?
to see something interesting?

reply to colinfred:

Was her reason for going to the park:
financial? No
romantic? No.
interesting? Not sure what you are asking here.

No.

Was the weather particularly hot or cold?
Would Fritzi approve of her visit to the park?

reply to colinfred:

Was the weather particularly hot or cold? Average sunny day.
Would Fritzi approve of her visit to the park? I suppose so.

Did the newspaper indicate there was some physical item at the park that Nancy was unaware of?

Was Nancy’s reason for going to the park unusual (that is, as far as most people would normally think about typical reasons for going to the park)?

No.