The Buckriders of Limburg: Belgian Folktale
Along the mist-covered fields and wooded hills of Limburg, where the borders of Flemish and Walloon lands blur into one another, villagers once whispered of a terror that rode the night sky. These riders were called the Buckriders, Bokkenrijders, a secret brotherhood said to travel after dark upon flying goats, passing unseen over hedges, rivers, and church towers alike. By