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The book, set during the Civil War, was mentioned as an example of 'delusion of reprieve', where a man facing execution experiences a vivid fantasy of escape before his death. The podcast host was familiar with the story but had not read it.
Have you ever read Incident at Owl Creek or an Occurrence at Owl Creek?
— Episode: Ep. 120: Adaptive Hunting and Fishing
Episode: Ep. 120: Adaptive Hunting and Fishing
The book, set during the Civil War, was mentioned as an example of 'delusion of reprieve', where a man facing execution experiences a vivid fantasy of escape before his death. The podcast host was familiar with the story but had not read it.
Have you ever read Incident at Owl Creek or an Occurrence at Owl Creek?
It's a, so it's set during the Civil War and a man gets captured and they go to hang him by throwing him off a bridge with a noose around his neck. And like the rope snaps, okay, and he lands in the river and lives out this whole existence of making it back home, reuniting with his wife. But then in the end, like the rope didn't break. Yeah. And he had this long, in the time it took him to be thrown from the bridge and to meet the end of the rope, he had this long delusion of reprieve.
I think it's called an Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge or something like that. It's a good story.