The woodcutter was just doing his usual routine in the morning when he saw the body. The readers can also assume that he was the one who notified the authorities about the body. “That is true, Your Honor. I am the one…,” he said. According to the blog article, In a Bamboo Grove: An Analysis on the Nature of Truth and Human Perception, “confidence adds up to the illusion of credibility.” Illusion is defined in the Merriam-Webster as something which appears to be real when in fact it is not. By confirming his account, one could say that the woodcutter was undeniably confident on what he was saying and he had no reason to lie as he just happened to be the one who found the body and had nothing to gain from it (“Truth and Human Perception”).
