...intense fits and terrors claiming she was bewitched. Katherine Branch, the young maid servant for Daniel and Abigail Wescot continued to have intense fits and episodes. Young Katherine during many of her fits would suddenly collapse, cry out she was being poked and pinched by invisible creatures and also cry in a helpless terror. As the fits continued to happen they increasingly became worse and drew the attention of neighbors and townsfolk. Neighbors of the Wescot’s came to visit their home to see Katherine’s fits for themselves, many of the neighbors were trivial to believe if the maid servant was truly bewitched or simply putting on a show to avoid her work. Many of the neighbors watched and preformed tests to asses if the maid servant’s fits were super natural, natural or fake. Neighbors were...
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