"Sleepy Hollow" story technique

I found that the story was very creative and imaginative.  The author makes me believe in the story and I am left wondering what happened to Ichibod Crane even though I wasn't believing that there was a headless horseman at first.  It is extremely descriptive in every detail of the story; the woods, the village,  describing exactly how Ichibod's physical body and clothing looked.  I could see how his features really looked in my mind.

In the end I just loved the all they found was the hat, saddle and the pumpkin haha, so spooky. ooooooo.