# Charles Ashmore — Can Such Things Be? character guide

> Charles Ashmore in Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** young Charles Ashmore

**First appearance:** 0076-charles-ashmore-s-trail

## Who they are

A young man who mysteriously disappears without a trace.

## In the story

### [Mysterious Disappearances](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/mysterious-disappearances)

Young Charles Ashmore vanishes from his home, leaving footprints that abruptly stop in the snow.

### [Charles Ashmore's Trail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/charles-ashmore-s-trail)

The sixteen-year-old son who mysteriously disappears while fetching water from the spring.

### [Science to the Front](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/science-to-the-front)

Mentioned as an example whose voice was heard, contradicting Dr. Hern's theory.

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