By Ambrose Bierce
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(Part 1)
Editor’s note: This is a scary story and may not be appropriate for younger readers.
In 1830, only a few miles away from what is now the great city of Cincinnati, Ohio, there lay a huge, almost endless, forest.
The area had a few settlements established by people of the frontier. Many of them had already left the area for settlements further to the west. But among those remaining was a man who had been one of the first people to arrive.
He lived alone ...