“Beware of Bears” is a Murdoku case from the Campground category: a board of 8×8, 7 suspects and one victim. Read the clues, work out where everybody was standing, and name the suspect who was left alone with the body.
The Board
The floor plan as the case hands it to you: 8×8, rated Hard, with 5 rooms. Every person — 8 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
R1
T
T
R2
T
M
T
B
R3
B
T
R4
T
T
C
R5
T
T
B
Te
R6
M
C
B
C
Tv
R7
C
Ca
C
C
Ta
Ta
Ta
C
R8
C
M
C
C
C
G
Floor plan of “Beware of Bears”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below.
Each suspect comes with what the witnesses remember. Read them all before placing anyone — a clue about one person is very often what pins down another.
Alex — a man with brown hair and a beard
No one else in his room was a man
Bella — a woman with black hair and glasses
She was east of all men
Carol — a woman with black hair
She was beside a campfire
Dylan — a man with blond hair and glasses
He was south of Freya
Edison — a man with white hair
He was beside a TV and he was alone in a room with a tent
Freya — a woman with black hair
She was west of every bear and she was beside a tree. Another suspect was beside the same tree.
Grant — a man with blond hair
He was not beside a wall and he was in the same column or row as a campfire
The victim, Valentin, is a man. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.
Clues About the Whole Scene
No room was empty.
How Hard It Really Is
Deduction steps from the first clue to the verdict
Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:
Alex: 45 possible tiles
Bella: 45 possible tiles
Carol: 4 possible tiles
Dylan: 45 possible tiles
Edison: 2 possible tiles
Freya: 6 possible tiles
Grant: 2 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Bella is east of someone with a matching trait – impossible cells removed.
That is as far as this page goes. From here on it is yours — the in-game hint giver explains each next step if you get stuck, without giving the answer away.
This case has exactly one solution, and it can be reached by forward deduction alone — no guessing.