The witches were a popular belief, but also in the eyes of the justice system witches were a reality. The accused were convicted on the basis of witchcraft as much as the robbery chargers and they were in most cases executed when found guilty. It is unclear how many people were involved in the actual robberies and that were convicted for it, but the widespread area and long period of time these occurred suggests many smaller groups. This played into the belief that the buckriders could travel fast and vast distances through the skies to rob in a widespread area.
the witches were a popular belief but also in the eyes of the justice system witches were a reality the accused were convicted on the basis of witchcraft as much as the robbery chargers and they were in most cases executed when found guilty it is unclear how many people were involved in the actual robberies and that were convicted for it but the widespread area and long period of time these occurred suggests many smaller groups this played into the belief that the buckriders could travel fast and vast distances through the skies to rob in a widespread area