Old man Spickler watched from his window as the events in the Sleepy Hollow graveyard unfolded. That idiot girl had let her curiosity get the better of her as she had wandered into the cemetery and into a trap. What proceeded was what could only had been described as a peculiar cat and mouse game. He did have a little trouble deciding which of the two the cat was and which was the mouse. It seemed that little southern girl had the Hessian going for a minuet. Eventually, the Hessian won out, abducting the brave girl from the battle field. Spickler sighed as the Horseman vanished into a bank of fog and shook his head. He only hoped that the girl would not have to suffer terribly before she died. He phoned the police and told them what he had seen and gave a description of the girl, which appeared in the paper the next day.

Becca and Tom couldn't believe it. On the front page, "Headless Horseman Abducts Local Girl". "Poor Charlotte", Becca moaned. "I can't believe it. Why would he want to kidnap Charlotte?" Tom shrugged "Beats me I thought he only decapitated people