Alex was a twig of a girl. She weighed 105lbs. She always wanted to be fat, or inflated. So, when inflating/bloat equipment went on sale with a couple special ingredients, she sprang for it.
After much deliberation, the townspeople came to the conclusion that the old shack in the middle of woods must be a place of witchcraft, and they schemed of a way to purge such terrifying acts from their vicinity.