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DEPARTMENT OF ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA
OPERATIONS / FIELD MAP — HX-01 SECTOR REPORT
Entity Registry Reference: HX-01 (“The Horseman” / Crane Case)
Classification: LEVEL 4 — CLASSIFIED / ACTIVE THREAT
Prepared by: Division of Operations, Sector Analysis Unit
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Sector HX-01A — Hollow’s Bridge

Status: Primary locus.
Description: Covered bridge and wooded periphery along █████ Creek. Site of first fatality (Irving, 2012) and multiple subsequent manifestations. Journals place Crane’s earliest auditory bleed here. Local folklore ties bridge to Revolutionary War deserter myths, later co-opted by “Headless Horseman” legend.
Hazard Level: Extreme. Annual Halloween exemptions originate here.
Ops Protocol: Lockdown perimeter established 28 Oct–1 Nov. No field teams permitted beyond 50m radius without Class-IV clearance.

Sector HX-01B — Crane Residence

Status: Domestic anchor point.
Description: Family home of Ichabod Crane. Site of repeated returns by subject even after estrangement. Multiple journals recovered; anomalous drift continues post-seizure. Mother remains in residence.
Hazard Level: High. Documented cases of auditory mimicry at threshold.
Ops Protocol: Covert monitoring; rotating static suppression array installed basement level (testing phase). Civilian occupant under passive observation.

Sector HX-01C — Sleepy Hollow High School

Status: Secondary locus.
Description: Former site of bullying incidents involving Crane; repeated mentions in journals of “seeing shadows move wrong in the bleachers.” At least one civilian witness (student, 2014) reported headless silhouette on football field during Halloween week.
Hazard Level: Moderate. Manifestations weaker but recurrent.
Ops Protocol: Seasonal drone sweeps, low-profile observation. No direct containment actions to avoid civilian disruption.

Sector HX-01D — Old Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Status: Peripheral locus.
Description: Burial grounds dating to colonial period. Entity sightings logged near western edge (2013, 2016, 2019). Folk association with “restless soldiers.”
Hazard Level: Moderate to High. Photographic anomalies captured; one civilian collapse (panic seizure) during 2015 Halloween festival.
Ops Protocol: Civilian access restricted by SHPD under guise of “maintenance closures” during risk window.

Sector HX-01E — Hollow Diner (Civilian Hub)

Status: Informal intelligence node.
Description: Diner operated by Dorothy Marks. Repeatedly cited in witness interviews as safe space for Crane and others. Known site of auditory bleed reports.
Hazard Level: Low to Moderate. No fatalities recorded, but consistent memetic residue.
Ops Protocol: Maintain low-visibility surveillance; leverage proprietor as voluntary informant.

Sector HX-01F — Pond / Woodlot Perimeter

Status: Tertiary locus.
Description: Site of 2016 encounter where Bones reported Crane whispered “EJ” before vanishing into treeline. Area marked by unusual static bursts and animal die-offs.
Hazard Level: High during manifestation cycles.
Ops Protocol: Restricted entry. Environmental monitoring equipment deployed (failed twice due to unexplained power drain).

Sector HX-01G — Town Periphery / Residential Streets

Status: Diffuse hazard zone.
Description: Multiple fatalities across ordinary suburban blocks during Halloween exemption cycles. No singular anchor point; entity appears to “spill out” of primary loci once autonomous.
Hazard Level: Variable, escalates annually.
Ops Protocol: Civilian deaths attributed to pranks/accidents. D.A.P. maintains misinformation campaign; no active containment feasible.

Analyst Synthesis

HX-01 operates with strongest presence at Hollow’s Bridge (A) and Crane residence (B). Secondary loci (C, D, F) serve as resonance zones tied to host memory and community folklore. Civilian hubs (E, G) represent bleed-through sites. Containment compromised annually due to Halloween exemption, during which entity disregards anchor tether and achieves full autonomy.

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DEPARTMENT OF ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA
CULTURAL/LEGEND FILES — HX-01 ASSOCIATED SITES
Classification: LEVEL 3 — CONTROLLED ACCESS
Prepared by: Division of Cultural Phenomena, Folklore Analysis Subsection
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LOCAL LEGEND: HOLLOW’S BRIDGE (Sector HX-01A)

Community accounts stretch back well before 2012. The bridge has long been whispered as a crossing where “a rider without a head” waits for anyone alone after midnight. Earliest printed mention appears in a 1903 tourist pamphlet: “Step carefully at the Hollow’s Bridge, for the soldier seeks his head, and will take yours if you meet his gaze.”

By the 1970s, local teens treated the bridge as a dare site—walk across with your eyes shut, or leave a personal object in the center planks. Folklore framed it as a test: if you heard hoofbeats, you had been marked. Knox Paranormal filmed an episode there in 2008, further embedding the legend into local memory.

For Ichabod Crane, journals show the bridge became the epicenter of his visions. First whispers. First shadows. First victim. The legend and the anomaly fused, until townspeople no longer spoke of “the Horseman at the bridge” but simply “Crane and his bridge.”

LOCAL LEGEND: BONES HOUSE (Sector HX-01H)

In local rumor, the house of Deputy Brandon Bones is remembered not for him, but for Katrina Van Tassel. Halloween, 2016—Katrina visits, claims she saw Ichabod one final time in the yard. He looked calmer, she said, “like someone letting go.” Dorothy later corroborated seeing him walking away that night, hood up, origami in his hand.

This became the last sighting before his disappearance. Locals retell it as a ghost story: “If you pass the Bones house on Halloween night, you might see Crane standing by the porch light, saying goodbye.” Kids in town now dare each other to walk past and knock, though the family refuses to answer the door that night.

Within two years the story detached from fact. Katrina’s visit became “the last time anyone saw him alive.” Reed promoted it as proof Crane fled into the night after killing. Others whisper it was the night the Horseman fully took him.