Would you like to try and solve this visual puzzle/riddle?

AmandaYVR Editor

Can you figure out what has occurred here?

Why are the footprints wet, while some of the immediate surrounding ground (of my tiny balcony) is not wet?

I of course have the answer (because my husband created the situation.) Just thought I'd make it into a mental puzzle for you guys.
Any guesses?

Clue: It has not rained. But there was a bucket involved.

I think I shouldn't tell you anything more yet, because I've seen you figure out things, and I don't want to give too much away. But this is not a typical, everyday situation.

Would you like to try and solve this visual puzzle/riddle?

Updates:

+1 y

Also, look at the direction of the water pattern. It is originating from inside our apartment. The sliding glass door to our living room is at the base/south end of these pictures.

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The next morning...
https://i.imgur.com/vBXOoxh.jpg

His next plan: "I'm goona go out there at night with our crème brûlée flame torch and try and burn it off."
Me: "Oh really? That won't look suspicious to the people in the 19 floors above us at all."

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SuccessfulHornDog Master
+1 y
My Guess,
Someone standing on the porch/patio sprayed something that acts as a water repellant. This substance fell to the floor and adhered to the floor but not where the shoes were.

Its almost as if someone was spraying water proofing on footwear and then later they tried to clean up their mess by throwing a bucket of water on the area
OR
The water was throw out the sliding glass door for an unrelated reason but the waterproofing of the shoes caused this phenomenon
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- AmandaYVR
  +1 y
  "Its almost as if someone was spraying water proofing on footwear and then later they tried to clean up their mess by throwing a bucket of water on the area" Oh, Mr. HornDog is... successful! Hip hip hooray! You've figured it out. He was not wearing the shoes at the time. He stood next to them, sprayed them, not knowing it would leave a perimeter around them. It discoloured the concrete into the shape of a pair of shoes. His brand new suede Vans (see Grond21's thread here. Did you read that before answering?) And yes, he tried to clean up his mess with a bucket. Which drew my attention, I saw it alllll... (It reminded me/us of the time he decided to spray paint some small terracotta pots, inside a cardboard box, but not seal it on the bottom properly, when using... navy blue paint. Even after I said, "Are you sure that's...) So we had some blue on our floor for a good while. Until we found some solvent.
- SuccessfulHornDog
  +1 y
  No, I didn't read that before answering. I like to figure things out so I intentionally didn't look at anyone else's answer
Grond21 Guru
+1 y
I'm not exactly sure what this puzzle is.

But if I had to guess, I would say that the footprints are wet because the feet were there when the water was poured
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- AmandaYVR
  +1 y
  The riddle is why are the footprints wet, but the immediate surrounding area is not. If feet were standing there, it would be the opposite. The footprints would be dry.
- Grond21
  +1 y
  You don't mean wet versus dry, you mean water puddled versus water absent?
- AmandaYVR
  +1 y
  Sure. What you said. I guess that's more specific/accurate.
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- Grond21
  +1 y
  There is dry spots around the wet spill, and I think that caused me to be confused. Is there some oil on the ground that keeps the water from collecting there? Are they even footprints at all?
- AmandaYVR
  +1 y
  Yes now you're in the right direction. The dry spots are the key to the riddle. Because they don't make sense/not a typical situation. They are shoeprints. (I'm using that phrase, specifically.) Yes, oil, essentially. Or one can call it a solvent. 'Naptha.'
- Grond21
  +1 y
  I'm guessing that this 'Naptha' was on a pair of shoes and they were sitting there on the balcony. After the shoes were removed, the water was poured out to wash away the oil residue. Thus leaving the pattern you see
- AmandaYVR
  +1 y
  Yes, you are right!
  Only one part of it is missing now. Why did this just happen? What was my husband up to?
  
  Oh, here, I'll give you one more clue.
- Grond21
  +1 y
  Excellent! As I'm unfamiliar with Naptha or its uses, I had to look it up. It seems that it's used primarily as an oil dilutment, so perhaps your husband was trying to reduce the viscosity of some kind of oil in order to clean it easier. But given the nice shoes, I think that's less than likely. The other is as fuel for a lighter. This seems most likely to me, but I admit to being stymied about how the particular kind of shoes have any bearing on him refueling his own lighters.
- AmandaYVR
  +1 y
  This is hysterical.
- Grond21
  +1 y
  😁😁🤷🏻‍♂️

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Brainsbeforebeauty Editor
+1 y
Your husband was washing the patio doors and spilled the bucket 🤔🤷🏼‍♀️
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- AmandaYVR
  +1 y
  Nope. Nice try. He was doing some task out there though. (And then a problem occurred.)
- Brainsbeforebeauty
  +1 y
  The water coming up from the drain in the pic 🤔
- AmandaYVR
  +1 y
  Nope.
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- Brainsbeforebeauty
  +1 y
  Your hubby peed🤣🤣🤣
- AmandaYVR
  +1 y
  Oooh, you mean my recent ex-husband? hahahaha
- Brainsbeforebeauty
  +1 y
  Wait at start of question he was husband now he's ex lolol that was fast... Someone's in the dog house lolol last guess.. He left shoes on the patio that stained the concrete?
- AmandaYVR
  +1 y
  Well, I said that for the hypothetical peeing on the balcony. Cause no husband of mine would ever get away with that. But yeah, he also did something not good here. But it's not that bad, I guess. Eventually the rain should fix it. It rains a lot here.
- Brainsbeforebeauty
  +1 y
  🤣🤣 so what was the riddle 🤷🏼‍♀️
- AmandaYVR
  +1 y
  It's what happened here to cause the footprints to be wet and the surrounding area to be dry? (cause in almost all cases it would be the inverse)
ThongQueenFlirt Xper 6
+1 y
It has pointed shoes looking at the pic. A gnome kicked over the bucket trying to water your plants.
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- AmandaYVR
  +1 y
  Oh god I love this. Thank you for the laugh!!
- ThongQueenFlirt
  +1 y
  You're so welcome!
Jjpayne Editor
+1 y
My guess, the asphalt was hardened with footprints in it. Then the bucket of water simply filled in the shoe shaped holes
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Jaximus-Lion Guru
+1 y
Well! Once i bought this nano extra dry spray for my shoes and did similar test and I think we got the same puzzle 😂
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msc545 Master
+1 y
Absorbent feet of an alien?
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- AmandaYVR
  +1 y
  hahahaha
mrgspoter Yoda
+1 y
I'm confused what's the puzzle and why
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- AmandaYVR
  +1 y
  I've described that those are footprints. How can footprints be wet/filled in with water, and the surrounding area be dry? Normally it would be the opposite.
- mrgspoter
  +1 y
  I don't see no footprints just a little puddle going into a drain,
- mrgspoter
  +1 y
  Maybe a puddle that was stood in, I got no idea to what this puzzle is you know
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- mrgspoter
  +1 y
  There's nothing odd at all, if you want too see odd then you should see what happens around here when the moon's out
- mrgspoter
  +1 y
  You have hurt my head thnx
jimmy2 Master
+1 y
Horse shoes
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- AmandaYVR
  +1 y
  Oh you wanna talk about horses? Cause I've got looooots of those pictures saved. We could be here all day. Are you superstitious? Ever hung a horse shoe upside down near your home?
- jimmy2
  +1 y
  Is that it