The whole basis for Irvine Welsh's Maribou Stork Nightmares. Boys in a coma trying to catch a massive stork, kills it as hes being killed irl then gets reborn as the Maribou Stork. It was him all along, he was the nasty, evil c**t he just couldn't admit it to himself.
Perhaps a novel that a few on here should read and have a wee think about.
One of my favourite books ever, did my RPR in Higher English on it, many moons ago.