User blog comment:Beastly 14/Cool Ways to Portray Grimm Creatures/@comment-5355892-20130217230649

While it's not a fairy tale,  i'd like to see one based off the legend of Sleepy Hollow,  i came up with a Wesen inspired by the Headless Horseman,   I took a bit of inspiration from Tim Burton's version.

Shreckengiest:

A race of bloodthirsty ghoul-like Wesen that serve as the inspiration behind the Headless Horseman from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

These Wesen are infamous for their love of blood and carnage and much like how the colour red in general can provoke a blutbad, even the smallest drop of blood can get these guys into a frenzy.

They are mostly on the side of evil, but rarely would do anything as gruesome as kill an innocent child.

In woged state their skin turns pale and their teeth and nails lenghten and sharpen and their eyes become sunken and dark circles appear around them, their brows also arch and become menacing and their hair tends to spike up and become messier. At first when their teeth sharpen they tend to look like fangs which sometimes gets them mixed up with a Befurchten (vampire-like Wesen).

While in this state they tend to growl and roar a lot but also are able to speak normal human English as well, they sharpened their nails and teeth to make themselves look more ferocious.

They have a fascination with collecting body parts, especially heads. They are often rivals of Hassiliches or Reapers but deeply respect Grimms. Sometimes they are associated with Nuckelavee's