‘Twas a dark and wintry night in Old Melbourne Town. All was quiet but for the sound of a lone rattling carriage, the ominous clopping of hooves and a few thousand motorists and pedestrians negotiating peak hour. That was when the Headless Horseman made his first appearance.
The eyes of his coal-black steeds burning bright, his velvet cape flowing behind him, the Headless Horseman steered his phantom carriage through the Melbourne CBD, turning heads wherever he went – in the absence of one of his own.
What's a hook turn?
We should probably fess up to having a role in the summoning of this poor, restless spirit: the result of some irresponsible dabbling on our part in the dark arts – Marketing that is.
Our excuse is that we in turn were possessed by the demonically seductive concept channelled by our friends at the DDB agency.
Well, what’s done is done, and we’re very sorry that we have loosed him upon you Melbourne.
He does seem friendly enough, and has taken a shine to our Tim Burton exhibition, so Burt we think is an apt name for our visitor from the other side.
One small consolation is that he is offering free rides around our gloriously gothic streets, though we can’t guarantee that there isn’t another price being exacted.
Our Ouja board tells us that Burt the Headless Horseman will manifest outside ACMI at 1pm Sat 3 July and will scare the dickens out of Swanston St and Bourke St Mall pedestrians in circuits back to ACMI until 3pm (actual route will depend upon traffic/pedestrians/faintings/exorcists, etc.)
It would then be wise to keep a wary eye out for Burt on Wed 7 July between 12 and 2pm and Thu evening 8 July.
Burt may be with us for a while until we can find a way to send him back. You can help our research by telling us about your own sightings and by sending us any pictures that you manage to snare.
Hat for sale, unused, mint condition
H-E-L-P U-S
You've lost our feed bags again haven't you?
Outside ACMI our cranially-challenged friend managed to draw quite a bit of attention from passers-by.
We heard one intrigued child ask his mother, “But how can he see?” It’s the magic of theatre kid! Whoooooooooooooo. Scareeeeeeeee!
That’s also one poor mum who will be spending these school holidays shouting, “You’re stretching your skivvy” at her headless child.
As a rare paranormal phenomenon I'm not sure I should be posing for you guys
Wedding hire. Now why didn't I think of that?
See, she's terrified
First past the post Headless Horseman, 2nd place Bridal Party...race all clear
If you do chance a ride with Burt, be prepared to give him a little assistance. He doesn’t have much of a head for directions.
(Honestly, I don’t set out to pinch your jokes dad)
Christopher Walken came to melbourne too? lol sarcasm doesn’t come across in text
AWESOME. I would be so scared of this man. The headless horseman gives me the creeps.
I lov him so cool ! I wish i could hav gone on that i only went twice . tottaly let my self down :)
Corpse bride and sleepy hollow rule! YAYAYAYAy