A Very Good Riddle

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A lost explorer was wandering deep in the jungle.  He ran across a tribe of natives who captured him. They took him to their chief.

The chief explained that if the location of his tribe was discovered, he and his people would be forced from the jungle and their homeland would be destroyed. The explorer had to be killed in a ritual ceremony.

This is how the ceremony worked:

The explorer would make one statement which would determine his fate (questions and commands would be ignored).

If the statement was TRUE, he would be thrown off of a cliff.

If the statement was FALSE, he would be fed to lions.

The explorer pondered his situation, deep in thought, then carefully made his statement.

After the chief reflected on the explorer's statement, he realized that he would have to let the explorer go. This was done immediately, and the explorer left the jungle that very day.

The chief never forgot the great wisdom of that explorer.

WHAT WAS THE EXPLORER'S STATEMENT?

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ANSWER: "I will be fed to lions."


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EXPLANATION: Here is an explanation of the answer in case
you do not understand why the chief had to let the explorer live.

The chief realized that the explorer could not be thrown off of a cliff. If the explorer was thrown off of a cliff, then that would make his statement FALSE, and the explorer was supposed to be fed to lions if his statement was false.

Then the chief realized that the explorer could not be thrown to lions, either. That would make his statement TRUE, and the explorer was supposed to be thrown off of a cliff if his statement was true.

Therefore, it was necessary for the chief to let the explorer live.

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