# Henry Armstrong — Can Such Things Be? character guide

> Henry Armstrong in Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Henry

**First appearance:** 0049-present-at-a-hanging

## Who they are

A man who is executed and then experiences a strange afterlife.

## In the story

### [One Summer Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/one-summer-night)

Buried alive but believes himself only very ill; sits up when his coffin is opened.

### [Bodies of the Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/bodies-of-the-dead)

His body is the subject of a bizarre and horrifying resurrection.

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