The Widow Krieger is known as the only Vermont Witch Trial. Mrs. Krieger was accused of “possessing extraordinary powers”. Prove innocence they used the dunking chair method. Thrown in the Hoosic River. If she sank, innocent. Floated, it was said to be Satan himself helping her. Story goes she sank to the bottom and had to be rescued, and was subsequently acquitted. She was declared innocent by almost drowning. #HauntedVermont #Vermont #WitchTrials #Pownal #MsKrieger (at Pownal, Vermont) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfC895WLIF3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=