troublesome young man who was known for his pranks and troublemaking while riding his horse DareDevil. Brom was in love with Katrina as well and was severely jealous of Ichabod’s attempts to marry her. One dark and lonely night, after a dance at the Van Tassel estate, Ichabod attempted to travel home. On his old horse, Gunpowder, he slowly made his way through the dark woods that crossed his path. Unfortunately, appearing from the dark shadows came a headless figure, which frightened Ichabod. In an attempt to escape, he ran to the covered bridge where the horseman was supposed to disappear into a burst of fire. Unfortunately, the figure flung its pumpkin head at Ichabod, knocking him off his horse and knocking him unconscious state that the next day, all that remained was a smashed pumpkin. Ichabod had disappeared. The story leaves you guessing what really happened. Did Ichabod run away, or did the Haunted Horseman kill him? Or was it Brom Bones, who married Katrina shortly after his opponent’s disappearance, and laughed every time there was mention of the pumpkin. The director Tim Burton created his own vision on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Sleepy Hallow was a movie about a detective named Ichabod Crane who has his own vision on how crimes can be solved. He is sent to a small, dreary town called Sleepy Hollow, to solve the murder of three town’s people. Once Ichabod arrives in town, he meets Katrina, whom he falls in love with, which is not to the liking of Brom, the jealous beau of Katrina. The beginning of the story is almost exactly like the original story, except that Ichabod is now a detective, and he’s trying to solve a murder mystery of three dead people who have all had their heads cut off, although the heads are no where to be found. Although Burton did include Irving’s original tale in his story, he gave his version of what happened, in which case, Brom does pretend to be the clo...
