The Power of Visual Evidence

The devil's footprint in Ipswich is actually what geologists call izenolith. It's the remains of a darker stone that fell into a pool of molten rock, like dark pieces of chocolate in a lighter colored cookie. The fact that it looks like a footprint to us is just an added bonus. And as for George Woodfield? His career took him all over. Yes, even to Bath, North Carolina. But the final moments of his life would bring him back to the area around Ipswich where he wrestled the devil on the roof of that church. He died in September of 1770 at the age of 55 in the nearby city of Newburyport.