There was a hot spell and Amelia did not feel well, so she retired early. She closed the window, but not the shutters. As she looked out of her window, she saw what appeared to be two small lights in the churchyard. They moved from the graveyard and over the wall, approaching the bottom of the lawn.
Amelia became uneasy, bolted the door, made sure that the window was securely shut, then went to bed to try to get some sleep.
She heard a rustling outside of her window and scratching at the window pane. Then, she saw it. It had a shriveled brown face, like a walnut and glowing eyes. The creature removed a pane, then unlocked the window. Amelia, in terror, was unable to scream at first. The hideous thing stalked toward her and bit her in the neck. Finally, she was able to scream out and her brothers rushed to her room, but had to break the locked door open with a poker.
One brother tended to her while the other went to the window and saw a form running toward the churchyard, then disappear over a wall.
She went to her doctor who suggested a change of location for a while, so the trio decided to vacation in Switzerland. After Amelia recuperated, they returned to the Grange.
Amelia's brothers slept with guns in nearby rooms, waiting to see if the hideous thing would return. They were ready. The woman looked out of her window and, again, saw the lights she had seen in the summer. It approached her window and tried to pick at the glass. According to one version, the brothers were in the room with Amelia and shot it in there. The more plausible version is that the sister screamed and they shot it as it ran away on the lawn. It emitted a howl and limped into the churchyard.
The next day, the brothers gathered some of the men in the village and went to the churchyard. Nothing was askew in the graveyard, but they noticed a vault door was slightly open, so they went into the crypt. What they saw was horrifying. All but one coffin was in disarray and there were bones scattered about the floor.
