Other authorities believe that heavy ordnance did the trick and point to a quarter-mile crater for proof. It takes close reasoning to decide.
But if by the Devil of East Lupton you mean the Whatever-it-was that came out of Somewhere to Here, and caused all the catastrophes by his mere arrival—why—then the Devil was the Whatever-it-was in the leathery, hide-like covering on the morning Mr. Tedder ran away from the constable.