One evening Farquhar and his wife were near the entrance of there land when a soldier rode up and asked for a drink so Mrs. Farquhar went to get some water. Farquhar approached the dusty horseman and asked for news from the front "the Yanks are repairing the railroad," said the man. The commander gave an order which states that any civilian caught interfering with the railroad will be hanged. When the soldier left, Farquhar approached the bridge and got caught. Now Farquhar stood upon the railroad bridge. His hands behind his back his wrists tied with a cord. Some loose boards were laid on the railroad tracks for him and his executioners. A soldier stood at each end of the bridge. Between the fort and the bridge were the spectators. The captain stood with folded arms silent. Then he was dropped and his neck broke.
            
             Have you ever been so terrified that you imagine things? Have you ever gone to bed right after you watched a scary movie and start to imagine to hear every little noise in your house? Your heart is racing and every creak you hear is a footstep, every groan is someone (or something) breathing. Fear can distort a persons senses and heighten the imagination. In the short story "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge", by Ambrose Bierce, this experience happens to the main character. A good example from literature is the main character in Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart."
            
             Another literary example where fear distorts a person's senses and heightens the imagination Allen Poe's "The Telltale Heart". The character kills an old man because he is afraid of his 'vulture eye'.He places the dead body under the floor of the house. The police show up checking up on a call to see if anything was wrong. The mad man leads them around the house showing them nothing is wrong. Then they get to the old man's bedroom. They start to relax and have a conversation and the mad man starts to hear the dead man's heart beat (or so he thi...