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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO
didn't his horse end up there? DRIFTWOOD
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Yes, and the brother who found him and tells Brienne "the Hound is dead" also tells Brienne a story about how he himself died in the battle of the trident when Rhaegar was killed by Robert, and he started his new life as a brother. So he clearly can think of death as metaphorical, and that's why he wasn't lying when he said the "Hound" is dead, even though he did not mean that Sandor Clegane is dead.
Further evidence is that in that same chapter Brienne also sees a very large man who is a new recruit for their order and has his face covered, but walks with a limp (hound was cut in his leg and almost died from it), and happens to pet a dog as Brienne is passing him. She doesn't put it together that it is Sandor, but he is surely still alive.