3. Why did Mr. Joel wander off into the woods? Explain

Mr. Joel and his son were walking along a moonlit road. Mr. Joel says that he sees something ahead, "'But see -- see!' he said, pointing along the road, directly ahead." He then slowly backs away and disappears into the woods.

"When I turned to look for my father he was gone, and in all the years that have passed no whisper of his fate has come across the borderland of conjecture from the realm of the unknown."