Johnson’s horrifying story began months earlier, when his girlfriend’s eleven-year-old brother, David, came face to face with a spectral apparition towering at the foot of the bed and began exhibiting clear signs of demonic possession. David immediately began speaking in Latin, levitated, and was beaten by an unseen demon. After a team of Catholic priests failed to exorcise the demon, Ed and Lorraine Warren took on the case. The Warrens had battled demons all over the world, but the Connecticut Devil would be one of their most difficult, if not the most dangerous.