Abigail has provided testimony that Elizabeth Proctor sent out her specter, or spirit, and that it pushed a long needle into her belly while she sat at dinner. Spectral evidence was permitted during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Many believed that a witch could send out either her own spirit or the spirit of her animal familiar (like a cat or bird) to pester or torture an innocent accuser. Only the accuser, then, and the witch could see...
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