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<spoiler>The sky-writing clue is 263-, which suggests a phone number. | <spoiler>The sky-writing clue is 263- [http://vanishingpointwiki.com/wiki/Image:SkyType_La3a.jpg], which suggests a phone number. | ||
Rather than the numbers on the cards, one pip on each card is clickable and turns the card over. | Rather than the numbers on the cards, one pip on each card is clickable and turns the card over. | ||
If you index the pips: | If you index the pips:<br> | ||
1 2 3 | 1 2 3<br> | ||
4 5 6 | 4 5 6<br> | ||
7 8 9 | 7 8 9<br> | ||
... the clickable ones are in positions 8, 7, 7, 4, 7, 8, 6. | ... the clickable ones are in positions 8, 7, 7, 4, 7, 8, 6. | ||
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Calling (877) 263-4786 gives the following message: | Calling (877) 263-4786 gives the following message: | ||
<blockquote>OK, I am officially impressed! Good job finding me. To solve this puzzle, listen carefully and tell me what disappeared on Halloween, 1926 at 1:26 p.m., Room 401, Detroit.</blockquote> | |||
The answer is: HOUDINI (who died at that time and place)</spoiler> | The answer is: HOUDINI (who died at that time and place)</spoiler> | ||
To next puzzle: [[Postcards]]. | |||
Latest revision as of 18:49, 26 January 2007
<spoiler>The sky-writing clue is 263- [1], which suggests a phone number.
Rather than the numbers on the cards, one pip on each card is clickable and turns the card over.
If you index the pips:
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
... the clickable ones are in positions 8, 7, 7, 4, 7, 8, 6.
Calling (877) 263-4786 gives the following message:
OK, I am officially impressed! Good job finding me. To solve this puzzle, listen carefully and tell me what disappeared on Halloween, 1926 at 1:26 p.m., Room 401, Detroit.
The answer is: HOUDINI (who died at that time and place)</spoiler>
To next puzzle: Postcards.
![[1]](../wiki/Image%253ASkyType_La3a.jpg.html){kind=link}