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Can Such Things Be? · Character

George W. Kent

A man who experiences a strange and fatal encounter.

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First appearance: a man with two lives

George W. Kent shows up with force in The Stranger. The page is where that presence becomes real.

One of the four prospectors who died by suicide in the cave.
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RGRamon GallegosWHWilliam HoltMMMr. MantonBDBerry DavisHAHaïtaGWGeorge W. Kent

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  • Family Secrets
  • Supernatural Investigators
  • Protagonist

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