Long after the legal courts in Denmark stopped executing witches after the execution of Anne Palles and Johan Pistorius, the belief led to private trials and lynching of alleged witches during the 18th century.
In the countryside in Øster Grønning in Salling in 1722, the villagers apprehended a woman, Dorte Jensdatter, whom they suspected of having caused several deaths and problems in the village by magic and held a private witch trial.
When she entered the room, the "Wise One" pointed at her and cried out: "Here we have the master of all the witch craft!"
She ordered six of the men present to beat Klemens up, as it was the belief that the magic of a witch left her when her blood had been spilt.
The people gathered obeyed her, out of fear and respect for the wisdom and judgement of the "wise one", and Klemens died of the abuse.