Headless Horseman - Ghost Or Brom Bones?

[Jeff in BigD]

So in the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, do you think the Headless Horseman was Brom Bones or really a ghost?

 

[JohnTBap]

LOL Jeff!!! I just read this to the kids and we are watching Ichabod as we speak!!!


I vote Headless Horseman..............

 

[olena]

I think it was Brom Bones , but there's always that doubt.

 

[honeywolf7]

Brom Bones

 

[Rajah]

I need to find that DVD somewhere so I can watch it again.

Then I'll give you my answer!

 

[Micca]

The horseman seemed to have some supernatural ability that Brom wouldn't have.

 

[nativetxn]

Are we talking about the Washington Irving story or the Disney movie?

Because is in the story, Irving says:

It is true, an old farmer, who had been down to New York on a visit several years after, and from whom this account of the ghostly adventure was received, brought home the intelligence that Ichabod Crane was still alive; that he had left the neighborhood partly through fear of the goblin and Hans Van Ripper, and partly in mortification at having been suddenly dismissed by the heiress; that he had changed his quarters to a distant part of the country; had kept school and studied law at the same time; had been admitted to the bar; turned politician; electioneered; written for the newspapers; and finally had been made a justice of the ten pound court. Brom Bones, too, who, shortly after his rival's disappearance conducted the blooming Katrina in triumph to the altar, was observed to look exceedingly knowing whenever the story of Ichabod was related, and always burst into a hearty laugh at the mention of the pumpkin; which led some to suspect that he knew more about the matter than he chose to tell.

 

[Jeff in BigD]

Well, I was thinking of the Disney version, but if you wanna get all literary on me (), here's the next paragraph, picking up where you left off...

The old country wives, however, who are the best judges of these manners, maintain to this day that Ichabod was spirited by supernatural means; and it is the favorite story often told about the neighborhood, round the winter evening fire.

But for the record, I really think it was Brom Bones.