A man is found locked alone in a room with no windows or doors, yet nobody entered or left. How did he get there?
Category: Mystery · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Consider what could be inside a room without requiring physical entry.
Answer
A painting on the wall
Explanation
The man is actually the subject of a painting hanging on the wall, so he never physically entered the room.
This is a expert mystery riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is A painting on the wall.
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