There were many stories about ghosts and spirits in Sleepy Hollow and the area
near it. The most famous of these stories was about the ghost of a man on a horse. Lots
of people saw the man - that is what they said. He rode a huge black horse, as fast as the
wind. He was always seen late at night. And there was something even more terrible
about him. He had no head! So the people who lived in the area called him, “The
Headless Horseman”.