OK ~So I've pulled a few pranks in my time,~Oh alright, more than a few, But PER~LEASE!!~~ What do I have to do to convince you ??~~ I RETIRED from *Puzzle Phantom* when I had to give up work.HONEST.
I had NOTHING to do with that poor old chaps missing last piece from 50,000 piece Jigsaw. HONEST.
I didn't plan, set up, suggest or organise ANYTHING to do with it. HONEST.
I had NO KNOWLEDGE the puzzle was in progress, & don't even know where in the country it is. HONEST.
You can check my cache of *Missing* pieces if you want ~ you won't find it cos it's NOT there. HONEST.
The boredom of long nights walking the corridors in a retired vicars home was relieved by the odd few minutes being spent in the *puzzlers* corner putting the odd pieces in whichever puzzle the residents had on the go at the time. However~ even in the cold dark hours of the night my *imp* was restless. Soon just adding pieces wasn't enough~ I started removing previously added pieces~'hiding' one piece under the board, so that it could 'mysteriously' appear completing the picture that the puzzlers had despaired at the day before, then muttering about prayers being answered when the puzzlers saw the completed puzzle. It even got to the stage where a half done puzzle of Brixham Harbour suddenly became a view of the swiss alps over night complete with boats !! ( I'd discovered that series of puzzles are cut on same machine & were interchangable)
The *Phantom* was born!. All were suspected~ except me~ I worked nights, residents only saw me in emergencies. The place was buzzing, residents were talking to each other, they went into Marple & Columbo mode. To tell them the truth would have spoilt their fun!
I moved on to another unit~(the nature of the job)~but wherever you went, there were ALWAYS puzzles & puzzlers ~ The *Phantom* struck again!!! A Leg~end was born!!
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