CarTalk Puzzler

[albionmoonlight]

http://www.cartalk.com/content/puzzl...544/index.html

RAY:

A woman and her husband spent a week vacationing in Maine last
summer, where they rented a small cabin, not too far from town and
some well-known tourist attractions. About two months after they had
returned home, the woman called the police department in that small
town and reported a body-- yes, a human body lying face down in the
brush behind the very cabin they had rented.

The detective to whom she spoke said there had indeed been a murder,
and only recently was the victim found in that exact spot. The
detective was angry though, and demanded to know why she had not
called sooner.

He asked, "What, were you in a coma or something? Or maybe you were
abducted by Martians?"

She said, "Oh no. It was nothing like that," and she explained her actions.

The detective said, "Oh, I see," and thanked her for her call.

What had she said?

I'll give a hint. The hint is, "vacation."

Any ideas?

[gstelmack]

They just got their pictures from their vacation developed? Of course, she should have started the conversation with the policeman that way: "We just got our pictures back from a vacation we took in your town and noticed a body in the background of one of them." Stupid lady waiting until the end of the conversation to tell the important detail...

[Fonzie]

She was kidnapped by Chevy Chase and held hostage in WallyWorld?

[QuikSand]

Good puzzle.

I wonder if the weather conditions might matter? Maybe snow on the ground or something along those lines? Summer vacation in Maine... so then they call in in the autumn?

Nothing yet...

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by gstelmack

They just got their pictures from their vacation developed? Of course, she should have started the conversation with the policeman that way: "We just got our pictures back from a vacation we took in your town and noticed a body in the background of one of them." Stupid lady waiting until the end of the conversation to tell the important detail...

That's got to be it. I knew I was missing something easy.

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by gstelmack

They just got their pictures from their vacation developed? Of course, she should have started the conversation with the policeman that way: "We just got our pictures back from a vacation we took in your town and noticed a body in the background of one of them." Stupid lady waiting until the end of the conversation to tell the important detail...

Gotta be it.

[KWhit]

Yep. Good one.