Ichabod Crane Days
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow...
"The dominant spirit, however, that haunts this enchanted region, and seems to be
commander-in-chief of all the powers of the air, is the apparition of a figure on horseback without a head.
Is it said by some to be 
the ghost of a
Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon-ball, in some nameless battle during the
revolutionary war; and who is ever and anon seen by the country folk hurrying along in the gloom of night, as if on
the wings of the wind. His haunts are not confined to the valley, but extend at times to the adjacent roads, and
especially to the vicinity of a church at no great distance. Indeed, certain of the most authentic historians of those
pars, who have been careful in collection and collating the floating facts concerning this specter, allege that the body
of the trooper, having been buried in the church-yard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of
his head; and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow, like a midnight blast, is
owing to his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the church-yard before daybreak.
Such is the general purport of this legendary superstition, which has furnished materials for many a wild story in that region of shadows; and the specter is known, at all the country firesides, by the name of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow."
In the quiet valley known as Sleepy Hollow, the Headless Horseman still rides today...looking for his lost head.
