Blymire, Curry and the appointed Hess, Wilbert, would visit Rehmeyer and get a lock of his hair or the book. Clayton, the only family member who had a car, would drive them to the hollow.
As events happened, Wilbert said he did not feel well and did not want to go. Blymire said it was okay if he did not. He and Curry would get the book or the lock of hair and would do what they had to.
When they got to Rehmeyer's house, they discovered he was not home. They walked to the witch's ex-wife's house and saw light, so they knocked on the door. The duo was told that Rehmeyer was probably at his girlfriend's house. They walked back to the witch's house. There was light on the second floor.
Blymire knocked on the door. Rehmeyer opened the door. He was much larger than Blymire remembered and was mean looking. Blymire asked if they could come in and Rehmeyer led them to the parlor where they sat and talked.
Blymire asked Rehmeyer if he had seen the book. The response was yes. The next question was if he had one. Again, the answer was affirmative. Blymire was satisfied with the answers. The conversation, then, turned to more mundane topics. Finally, Rehmeyer asked them why they had stopped by. Blymire told him that he had cured him of the opnema when he was a child and he had worked by picking potatoes for him.
Blymire, while they talked, try to mentally will Rehmeyer to hand over the book, but this was not effective. After a while, Rehmeyer said he was going to bed and they could sleep downstairs if they wanted to.
Curry quickly fell asleep while Blymire stayed awake trying to will the old witch to give them the book. Finally, he woke Curry and told him that he could not control Rehmeyer's mind. Should they try to use force and make him give them the book or a lock of hair? Blymire decided against this because the old witch was a big man and could easily overpower them. He decided they needed help.
That morning, Rehmeyer got up early and made the duo breakfast before left. The two hitch-hiked back home. At some point, they bought a 25 foot length of strong rope and cut it into lengths of about 14 ½ inches.
