A Virginia father fired 39 rounds at a naked intruder claiming to be the devil after she broke into his family's home during their first night living there.

The Lewis family, of Chesterfield, Virginia, were spending their first night at their new home when a woman broke into their basement at about 10.30pm on July 4.

The woman, said to have a blue ponytail, 'looked possessed, her eyes were completely black, like saucers, and she was laughing like it was a joke,' the dad told 8News.

Bullet holes mark the stairwell where a dad of three fired 39 warning shots at a woman who broke into his family's home, claimed to be the devil and refused to leave on July 4

The dad of three, who has not been named, said that he asked the woman 'who are you?' and that she responded, 'I need your help, please help me.'

'I said "get out of my house," and she goes "I’m the devil,"' the dad added.

The dad said that his family was sleeping upstairs and, fearing for his life, he picked up his pistol and issued a verbal warning to the woman. He then began shooting the gun in an effort to scare the woman out of his home.

The dad said that the woman, who was not hit by any of the bullets, then ran at him.

'She was not stopping,' he said, noting that 'She had the strength of four grown men.'

After the dad fired 39 shots and ran out of bullets, he said he threw furniture at the woman. By then, his wife and children had woken up and come down to help fend off the woman.

The woman, said to have the strength of four grown men didn't stop attacking the family until 12-year-old son Logan (pictured with mom, Melissa Lewis) put a wrench in her neck

Mom Melissa Lewis (left) said that the woman wanted to kill her family. She said she held the woman down and punched her as hard as she could

Footage from inside the Lewis home shows bullet holes marking the walls

What appears to be a bloody hand print can be seen on one of the home's walls

The woman wasn't hit by any of the dad's bullets, but blood could be seen on the home's carpet

The home's floors were covered with the family's possessions following the struggle

The incident happened while the family was sleeping during their first night in their new home

Mom Melissa Lewis told 8News that 'That was her almighty, to kill us. She attacked us and I held her down just kept on punching her and punching her as hard as I possibly could.'

The woman didn't stop attacking the family until 12-year-old son Logan Lewis put a wrench into her neck.

Footage from inside the Lewis' home shows blood-stained carpets, blood on the walls, a stairway covered with bullet holes and floors littered with the family's possessions.

The woman, who has not been identified, was arrested and taken to the hospital where she is said to be in the ICU with severe head trauma.

The Lewis family suffered bruises and bite marks during the incident.

Detectives apparently told the Lewises that the woman lives near them and that she will be charged with robbery, breaking and entering and attempted murder.