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Originally Posted by newb

You talking about THIS Ambrose Bierce?

Yes...That one :)


So...No theories?

You think he just got killed with Villa's bunch?...Wouldn't someone have known FOR SURE if that had happened?...He wasn't exactly unknown...and neither was Villa

What if that note was just a ruse to throw people off so he could disappear, live a normal life, and not be bothered?...He WAS a writer, he DID have quite a creative imagination...

Think about 'Occurance At Owl Creek Bridge'...That was about a guy who envisioned escape, freedom, the whole thing was so vivid and well-thought out, the guy didn't even realize he was dying or had already died...

My brain put that together in some kinda way that made sense, and connected the story in a similar way to Bierce's disappearance, but I'm not really sure how to explain it correctly...



Or look at the note...He brings up dying in boring ways as a common old man....Disease?...Maybe he WAS dying, he knew it, and he didn't want to be remembered as going out that way...Maybe he wanted a more dynamic finish...Such as the image of a firing squad...

Owl Creek was about execution, too