Incubus, a painting of the late 19th century.
The case of Johannes Cutius occurred in 1653 in Silesia, present day Poland. Cutius was a 60-year old man that got kicked in the groin by his horse and fell fatally ill. Right before he was about to die, he said that he was an evil man and made a pact with the devil. His oldest son witnessed a black cat scamper up to his body and furiously scratch the old man’s face right after he died. There was also a violent storm that lasted until he was finally buried on the right side of an alter, which was considered a hallowed spot.
Only 2 days after he was dead, the town started rumors that the form of the old man was seen at night as an incubus. He began to sexually assault woman, and acted as a poltergeist, by beating people up, throwing things across the room, and even shaking houses. It was also said that he put blood all over the alter at the church, turned milk into blood, sucked on the utters of a cow, ate chickens, and created awful smells. They dug him up and saw that he was bloated and fresh blood came out from a vein in his leg. They cut him into many pieces and burned his body. They then threw the ashes into the river.
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