[UA] Re: Screams from nowhere

[John C]

 >_The Big Book of the Unexplained_ (by Doug Moench, DC Comics'
>Paradox Press) has a few panels about this creepy fading voice
>tale and other similar space-time distortions.  Their tale presents
>a young Oliver Lerch of South Bend, Indiana disappearing on
>Christmas Eve 1890, and leaving an abrupt set of footprints
>in the snow.  My, my. The things you learn reading comics!
>
>I was pretty sure another one of the Big Book series had
>the version with the farmer, but I couldn't find it.  Anyway,
>here's the bibliography of the BBotU section if anyone wants
>to "Read more about it!":

The Ambrose Bierce story that this is based upon is called "Charles 
Ashmore's Trail", and originally appeared in a collection entitled _Can Such 
Things Be?_ -- which has to be the best book titles I've ever heard of, 
right up there with _Nibbled to Death by Ducks_, and _I Know a Trick Worth 
Two of That_.

The Lerch story was made up in 1950, by Joseph Rosenberger...which he later 
admitted.  Of course, I suppose that it's possible that Lerch disappeared so 
thoroughly that he ceased to have existed at all.

John Crimmins                     john1x at hotmail.com
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   "We're not at home to Mr. Reasonable, sergeant."
   "I do not hear him knockin', sir."
    --Terry Pratchett, _The Fifth Elephant_

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