The Headless Camel is an ordinary-sized camel whose head has been severed, with its neck appearing to bleed from the slaughter wound. It moves and attacks people, particularly in darkness or at midday, and represents a mixture of natural reality and popular belief, as its spirit is believed to remain alive after decapitation and seek revenge on people. The tale is distinctly local but belongs to the wider Arab tradition of popular imagination and stories involving animals. It can be compared with similar tales in other Arab cultures about spirit-possessed animals or dead creatures returning for revenge, although the same name and specific form are not widely found outside the UAE.