a different account was provided by charles lefebvre, an american author of the sensationalist "witness to witchcraft" (1970). here, his use of sources was unclear, although he asserted that pickingill had had an ageless body, was a relative of roma people, was the last survivor of an old witch family, held black masses and orgies in the church yard, and was visited by "black magicians" from across europe. according to lefebvre, pickingill was finally killed when confronted by the sign of the cross. hutton later described these as "fantasies" which served to support lefebvre's view that witchcraft should be criminalised.