HILLSBORO, N.H. -- Practitioners of witchcraft are reacting strongly to a story about a grave dug up in Hillsboro and suggestions that believers in witchcraft might have been responsible.

The grave in the Bible Hill Cemetery was dug up last week, possibly on Halloween night. The grave belonged to Sarah Symonds, who died in 1821, and there was no trace left of her body.

A Hillsboro police lieutenant who spoke to News 9 suggested that the grave might have been dug up by practitioners of witchcraft, but Dawn Whiting, owner of Pachamama, a metaphysical store in Concord, N.H., said that wasn't likely.

"I thought you'd be getting a few calls from those practicing witchcraft -- the Wiccans and pagans saying you are misguided," Whiting said.

Because police believe the grave was dug on Halloween night, and Whiting said that would be another indication witches weren't involved. Halloween is the Wiccan New Year, a time for candles, ceremonies and food offerings.