Sentence:  Yet another possibility is that the headless man is a <WSD>barghest</WSD>, sometimes referred to and spelled as 'barguest', 'bahrgeist' or 'boguest'. These are creatures primarily associated with the north of England – Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire and Lancashire. They assume at will the form of a headless man, a headless lady, a white cat, a rabbit, or dog, or a black dog. The <WSD>barghest</WSD> is a fiend that is attached to a particular place, more often than not an isolated piece of land, a wooded area, cloughs or wasteland. The <WSD>barghest</WSD> is known as a portent of disaster or death for those who see it; it is also said that death may not visit the person who sees the <WSD>barghest</WSD> but could kill a family member instead. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any ghost, wraith, hobgoblin, elf, or spirit.