Holes for doorframes and vertical walls are evidence that Daneil's Cave has been enlarged by human hand.[1] It may have been a retreat for local people in the Middle Ages. That the Daneil's Cave was also a hideaway for highwaymen and robbers, is clear from legal proceedings against Simon Bingelhelm from Halberstadt, who was known as Tausendteufel ("Thousand Devils"), and who was sentenced in June 1600 to be executed by dismemberment for numerous crimes in Gröningen.