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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5254678" data-attributes="member: 57383">Okay, after a bit of rummaging around the internet I found the following:<a href="http://www.derbyshireghosts.co.uk/FINAL%20WEB%20SITE%20march%202006_page15.htm" target="_blank">Derbyshire Ghost Society</a> has:  GALLEY BEGGAR:    This Ghosts appearance is startling, it is  skeletal like with little flesh remaining on its bones. It is said to  haunt rural areas and country lanes in Northern England. And gets its  name from the word Gally which means to frighten or scare. It also has  the ability to appear headless.<a href="http://www.parascience.org.uk/direct.htm" target="_blank">Parascience.org.uk</a> has:Galley Beggar   This is an old English ghost, often reported in the North of England  and mentioned as far back as 1584, in Reginald Scot's The Discovery of  Witchcraft. This fearsome ghost is described as being almost without  flesh and bearing it's head under it's arm and emitting a deathly  scream. The name is derived from the word 'Gallery', meaning to terrify.  This ghost is likely to be encountered on country roads and deserted  lanes. And I found a rather amusing <a href="http://www.digitaldevildb.com/tony/art/images/198.jpg" target="_blank">picture</a> of one on the digital devil database. It seems to originate in a Japanese computer RPG, but I think it could serve as inspiration.So what have we got? The Galley Beggar is a skeletal ghost. It can remove its had and has a "deathly scream".I'm also wondering about allowing it to manipulate physical objects since it likes playing pranks. Maybe the "tobogganing galley ghost" steals the toboggan it went for a ride on?</blockquote>

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