The number of Americans claiming to be witches has increased dramatically over the past 30 years. An estimated 1- to 1.5-million people say they practice Wicca or paganism, a rise from an estimated 8,000 Wiccans in 1990, and 340,000 in 2008.

Witches fly high
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