After walking a full day, Farquhar arrives back at his house. Removing the noose and evading the soldiers' bullets, Farquhar swims to shore and disappears into the forest. As he is hanging from the Owl Creek Bridge, the rope snaps and Farquhar falls into the river below. The third and final part of the story describes Farquhar's hanging, and the sensations he feels. However, the final sentence of the passage reveals the man to be a Union scout, unbeknowst to Farquhar. A passing soldier says that Farquhar can destroy the Owl Creek Bridge, in order to help stop the Northern advance. The second part of the story is a flashback to the man, now named Peyton Farquhar, as an Alabama planter longing to aid the Confederate army in whatever way possible. The man considers the possibility that if the rope snapped, he could escape death by swimming in the river below him. In the moment's before the man's death, time seems to distort and slow down. The first part of the story begins with a description of a man about to be hung from Owl Creek Bridge by two soldiers. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is a Civil War-era short story written by Ambrose Bierce in 1886.
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