What am I? Riddle-Game

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 03 Mar 2025, 13:52

HINT TO THE HINT : THE FLYING CREATURE MENTIONED IN THE LAST "HINT" IS IN AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE MOVIE, BUT THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE FLYING CREATURE IS IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE.

Didn't mean to shout - my caps got accidentally turned on and I was too lazy to turn them off midway through my post. Stuff like that happens often to me on Mondays.

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda · 03 Mar 2025, 19:48

I'm so lost. The Exorcist was a book from the 70s, but there's no flying creature in it...

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 04 Mar 2025, 09:28

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑03 Mar 2025, 19:48 I'm so lost. The Exorcist was a book from the 70s, but there's no flying creature in it...

This movie and book associated with my riddle were based on a true story, whereas The Exorcist was fiction. The movie associated with my riddle involves a man and The Exorcist involves a girl. The girl is directly affected by what I have called "the evil entity" and the man is affected not BY the evil entity but rather by his stay at a place which I have nicknamed "the evil entity's vacation spot" ..... why vacation spot?, because you or I would consider the type of place it is as an ideal vacation setting while the man in the movie would consider it pure hell because of the punishments he is enduring there as a result of his criminal past.

The flying creature is not evil or dangerous and in fact does not exist in the story at all as a real thing (though it does exist in nature), but rather for its name which as I have said is the title of the book and movie and this title is not an English word. It is also the name by which the man is known.

What we are looking for is the PLACE where the movie and book take place.

The movie was a BIG hit in France but the story does not take place there.

This movie and the story it was based on were very famous so I just assumed you guys would get it really fast if I gave you easier clues at the beginning. Very sorry if it was too vague.

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda · 04 Mar 2025, 09:44

The Overlook Hotel?

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 04 Mar 2025, 09:47

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025, 09:44 The Overlook Hotel?

NOPE! ~LOL~

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda · 04 Mar 2025, 09:51

DATo wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025, 09:47
María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025, 09:44 The Overlook Hotel?
NOPE! ~LOL~

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 04 Mar 2025, 09:53

@María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda
OK .... HUGE HINT .... the actors in the movie were Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman.

Arshadq · Post by **Arshadq** » 04 Mar 2025, 15:23

The vacation spot hint gave me the answer! Could it be the Devil's Island? It was in the movie Papillon, in which Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman both starred.

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda · 04 Mar 2025, 19:44

I think @Arshadq just saved the day!

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 05 Mar 2025, 08:19

Arshadq wrote: ↑04 Mar 2025, 15:23 The vacation spot hint gave me the answer! Could it be the Devil's Island? It was in the movie Papillon, in which Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman both starred.

Arshadq hath spoken and the clouds part to reveal the luminous day !!!!
YES!!! It is indeed (((("Devil's Island")))) !!!

It is now YOUR turn to challenge us with a riddle.

Post by **Diana Lowery** » 05 Mar 2025, 11:12

Congratulations, Arshadq, thanks for saving me from having to think any more.

Arshadq · Post by **Arshadq** » 05 Mar 2025, 11:50

Yay! Thank you @DATo And @Diana Lowery

Here is my riddle:
I exist in one place and every place at once.
I can be divided infinitely, yet I remain whole.
I am older than the stars, yet I was born today.
You can hold me in your mind, but never in your hands.
Without me, nothing would be possible.
What am I?

Good Luck!

DATo · Post by **DATo** » 05 Mar 2025, 19:40

"I am older than the stars, yet I was born today."

Is it possible that we are entering into the cosmological realm?

@Diana Lowery and @María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda
If you have not seen the movie Papillion I can strongly recommend it, though it does have some difficult to watch moments.

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda · 05 Mar 2025, 20:20

DATo wrote: ↑05 Mar 2025, 19:40 "I am older than the stars, yet I was born today."

Is it possible that we are entering into the cosmological realm?

@Diana Lowery and @María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda
If you have not seen the movie Papillion I can strongly recommend it, though it does have some difficult to watch moments.

I saw the play (Papillon), and it is brilliant.

María Andrea Fernández Sepúlveda · 05 Mar 2025, 20:22

Arshadq wrote: ↑05 Mar 2025, 11:50 Yay! Thank you @DATo And @Diana Lowery

Here is my riddle:
I exist in one place and every place at once.
I can be divided infinitely, yet I remain whole.
I am older than the stars, yet I was born today.
You can hold me in your mind, but never in your hands.
Without me, nothing would be possible.
What am I?

Good Luck!

Energy?