In January 1692 a group of young girls began to show bizarre behavior. They were witnessing convulsive seizures and blasphemous screaming. Physicians called them in for an examination, but could find no natural cause of the disturbing behavior. They automatically assumed it was work of the Devil. Witches had now invaded Salem. In Febuary the people started praying and fasting in order to get rid of the Devil's influence. The group of girls were pressured into revealing who in the community controlled their behavior. They told them about 3 women and they were then examined. One, Tituba (a slave), confessed to seeing the devil who appeared to her "sometimes like a hog and sometimes like a great dog." Tituba was actually the first witch to confess in Salem. She made it obvious in the first place that she was a witch by showing strange fit and symptoms, and making witchcake (a mixture of rye and dog urine) After all of the accused they sent 20 "witches" into trials.
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