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The Warrens were later accused of embellishing details. They sold the story to the 1991 film The Haunted (Fox TV) and the book The Haunted: The True Story of the Smurl Family by Robert Curran.

| Category | Specific Claim | |----------|----------------| | | A smell of rotting meat + sewage (called “the stench of Hell”). | | Sounds | Heavy footsteps, growling, scratching inside walls, a voice saying “Get out.” | | Sightings | A black, hairy humanoid (later a goat-like face), a glowing nun who smiled kindly. | | Physical Attacks | Jack thrown from bed, claw marks (3 parallel scratches), bedsheets ripped off. | | Sexual Component | Janet reported being pinned down and assaulted by an invisible entity. | smurl haunting

The entities reportedly became physical, pushing one daughter down the stairs and throwing the family's German Shepherd against a wall. The Warrens were later accused of embellishing details