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The Wendigo (Windigo, Wiindigoo) - "The spirit of the lonely places" - is a cannibalistic spirit in Algonquin (a native American tribe) mythology. It is said that a human can change into a Wendigo when they indulge in cannibalism, or that a Wendigo can possess a human. Some sources say that the possession causes the transformation, while others say that being bitten by one can cause it.

Some people think that it is another version of the Bigfoot myth, due to some shared physical characteristics, but it seems a bit more complex than that. While hunting, the Wendigo cautiously follows its prey, eventually causing them to fall into hysteria, and once the Wendigo sees an opportunity, it attacks. Anyone who survives a Wendigo attack contracts Wendigo fever: the person will feel an intense burning sensation in their legs, and have relentless nightmares.

As for appearance, it is quite often described as a tall thin humanoid creature, sometimes said to be twisted, bloodstained, or fanged. It has no lips, bares jagged teeth, and hisses with every breath. It's bones are visible through its sickly skin, and its body is composed of ice. Some say that it is a spirit that inhabits evil men.


The Wendigo was one of the appearances in the hit TV shows "Charmed" and "Supernatural"


It is often believed that a Wendigo will get bigger and more powerful with every victim it consumes, growing more and more hungry; It's hunger never fully quenched. In some traditions a person can be possessed by the Wendigo spirit and forced to commit violent cannibalistic acts. In other traditions once a person consumes another person's flesh, whether out of necessity or not, they transform into a Wendigo. It has a heart of ice, thus melting it would kill the Wendigo. Some people say that it can be killed through appropriate use of silver, but this is highly unlikely. An old Ojibwa ghost story depicted a warrior defeating a Wendigo by stabbing it in the head with a regular hunting knife (although it took a few tries).
















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Anonymous Wendigo and many others 2 Dec 26 2011, 6:25 PM EST by FlipFlopRagDoll
 
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um. read a book. don't just google or watch "supernatural." this is a ridiculous and poorly informed site.
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Anonymous a refrence 0 Aug 31 2011, 2:12 AM EDT by Anonymous
 
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if you ever seen supernatural it had an episode on wendigos..most of what the main post was said in that episode..native american tribes started to begin to starve -for obvious reasons- and they would begin to cannibalize and they ate enough human meat and turned into that..and other side details..look it up the show talks alot about stuff like this its not that bad
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Anonymous Wendigo 2 Jul 30 2011, 6:52 PM EDT by Anonymous
 
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Where exactly did you find this stuff out so i can research it too?
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