In her statement she claimed that both her grandmother and aunt, Jennet and Ellen Bierley, were able to transform themselves into dogs and that they had "haunted and vexed her" for years.
בהצהרתה היא טענה שסבתה ודודתה, ג'נט ואלן בירלי, יכלו להפוך לכלבים וכי הן "רדפו והרגיזו אותה" במשך שנים.