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Clue 1: He must have seen something that indicated North was a good direction to go.

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OG#1 He saw the bird going north so he followed it.

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OG1: There were tracks indiciating that the car had originally come from the North, so he followed them.

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Clue 2: What he sees may not be as important as what it symbolizes.

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OG#1 [I think its the next day, but if not then this is #2]: He drove away from the direction of the vulture, since that means something died. And he doesn't wanna go near something scary like that.

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TripleM wrote:
OG#1 [I think its the next day, but if not then this is #2]: He drove away from the direction of the vulture, since that means something died. And he doesn't wanna go near something scary like that.

We're going by GMT, so yes it's the next day. This was OG#1

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OG#1: The car was under those reed leaves, and plant life symbolizes water, so he knew to keep going in the direction he was going when he got to the car?

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OG#1: He was walking North and saw the vulture first, then an old man. The lost man is actually already dead, the old man is him, and North is the past. He is driving North because he wants to see his happy childhood one last time.

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And to add to my guess, an old man with the car is the point in the man's life when he finally gone bananas from living in the desert for too long. The car symbolizes his memory. The loaf symbolizes his sanity. That's why he had to walk after he died - the last years of his life were lost to him.

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Clue 3: You're just not speaking the same language as the puzzle.

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OG#1: That's not a vulture he saw, it's a seagull.
OG#2: There's a landmark north that will lead him to water. He couldn't make it on foot, but he can make it with the car.

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This'll give it away if I get it wrong, but here goes anyway..

OG#2: Because those egyptian hieroglyphics he read told him there was water to the north.
OG#3: Because the water hieroglyph is pronounced 'N' for north.

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(By the way, I was going to make another post after that previous one with another guess using the unhidetime tag, but decided I'll just wait. In case you were wondering why I just deleted a post..]

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#OG1: According to my girlfriend who is interested in heiroglyphs, vulture + jar stand + two reeds + wicker stool + loaf = egypt (more or less). So he's presumably in Egypt. No idea why he heads north though. Maybe he wants to get to the Mediterranean Sea?

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OG1: I can read some hieroglyphs as well (using google of course), and those letters does spell something like egypt. In egypt, the shortest way to any water from any point is usually eastwards So if anyone is driving north, it must be because he saw that when he was standing on that vantage point near the old man.

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Rabscuttle wrote:


#OG1: According to my girlfriend who is interested in heiroglyphs, vulture + jar stand + two reeds + wicker stool + loaf = egypt (more or less). So he's presumably in Egypt. No idea why he heads north though. Maybe he wants to get to the Mediterranean Sea?

Correct you are!

Vulture = E
Jar stand = G
Two reeds = Y
Wicker stool = P
Loaf (or bun) = T

And if he's in Egypt, the Mediterranean is North, along with civilization. Choose your square!

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Hmm.. I'll take 45.

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Rabscuttle wrote:
Hmm.. I'll take 45.

In square 45 you win... +5 mod points! Hooray for instant gratification! New puzzle coming either tomorrow or next monday night EST, as I'll be in New York or en route there or back from about 5 on friday to midnight on monday night.

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Clue 1:


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#OG1: symmetry
#OG2: robot

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#OG1: Edward Scissorhands

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OG#1:

(Okay, I know this probably doesn't qualify as a guess, but I got this vision when I saw that robot and wanted to share ..)

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OG #1: Kill the Robot.

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OG#1: Scrap metal

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OG#2: Robot wars

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OG #1: Battlebots

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OG#1: Suicide
OG#2: Futurama

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OG#1: Mysterious lonely single black dot floating near the bottom left corner of the picture.

OG#2: Terminator

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OG#1: Target
OG#2: Shooting Range

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Clue 2:


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