Elementary, my dear viewers! Sherlock fans believe a squash ball is the key to how the detective faked his own death

By Holly Thomas
It's a question that has plagued Sherlock fans since the series finale aired nearly a fortnight ago.

And a new theory has been suggested as to how the detective faked his own death in the incendiary Reichenbach Fall episode.

One viewer believes that the innocuous clue which fans are told was planted earlier in the show is a simple squash ball.

The missing link? One Sherlock fan has suggested that the detective faked his own death with the use of a squash ball he is seen playing with earlier in the episode

A Digital Spy website user wrote: 'A squash ball under the armpit stops the blood flow in the arm and makes it look like the pulse has stopped or is very slowed down. It’s a magician’s trick.'

Sherlock was seen playing with the ball during a pensive moment prior to his final confrontation with arch-nemesis Moriarty.

Writer Stephen Moffat has stressed all will become clear in series three, due to air towards the end of 2012.

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