- If Ray Brower had really been hit by a train, he probably would've been in much worse shape, and likely not even in one piece. And would have been significantly more decomposed after a time.
- In the novel, Gordie hints that something else might have happened to Ray Brower, pointing out to other discrepancies.
- Fridge Brilliance: It's Stephen King we're talking about, and his little town in Maine. "Unfortunate accident with a train" would be the kind of explanation used for the first few victims of whatever supernatural creepiness crawled out of the woods that week.
- Even without the supernatural, the novel is full of kids dealing with abuse from adults. It would be completely thematic for Ray Brower to turn out to be another sad example of this.
- In the novel, Gordie hints that something else might have happened to Ray Brower, pointing out to other discrepancies.
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