HardLateral
"The faster you run, the harder I am to catch. Yet I am always the same distance ahead of you. What am I?"
Answer
Your shadow (when running away from the sun)
Explanation
When you run away from the sun, your shadow stretches ahead of you. No matter how fast you run, it always moves at exactly the same speed — always just as far in front.
This is a hard riddle in the Lateral Thinking category — Riddles that require thinking completely outside the box.
Tags:lateralnatureabstract
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