You know, the fire thing actually explains why my Great Grandfather, who was half native american, used to stock "dragon fire" incendiary shotgun shells for "Home defense".
I'm from Michigan and when I was in elementary a kid went missing, the put out a search and never found him, as I was just a kid i didn't think much of it but about 2 weeks later we had an assembly about it. How they were talking it just sounded like warnings about stranger danger and not talking to random people. Then a cop took the mic and what he said was one of the strangest things I've heard, he simply told us to ignore our names being called while on the playground and that if a teacher needed us they would come to us. The remains of the boy were found few miles away the next month and it seems he simply died from hypothermia, but what that cop said just makes you wonder.
To be fair, this can just as easily be a warning to ignore strangers who might be calling you over to them as anything else. In fact, I'm gonna say that's all he meant.
Honestly, the Until Dawn’s Wendigos seem to be very accurate to most native folklore of the actual wendigo. I remember how some people were mad that Until Dawn’s Wendigos didn’t have antlers
I live in the woods in the Appalachians. I live near a cave system. I’ve had a few strange encounters whilst walking out in the forest (think distant screaming, sudden chills/goosebumps, feeling of being watched/anxiety, etc. Of course these can be explained by bobcats and infrasound, but it’s still pretty creepy), but nothing that made me actually fear for my life. We have a saying here in the Appalachians: if you hear or see something odd in the woods, no you didn’t. You heard a *not-quite* human sounding scream? No you didn’t. Calmly leave. Don’t make a ruckus, but gtfo.
Precisely. You want to avoid drawing any sort of attention to yourself because you are no match for whatever may be out there. Silently pack up and leave, get to a safe place (a car or house with locks on both the doors and windows).
@@EveryWayWorks still makes me wonder what it could be? Don't get me wrong I grew up in the country but we don't have much apart from coyotes in my area.
@@patrickferryman6579 you wonder what it could be... But do you REALLY want to find out? Do you actually feel ballsy enough to get close enough to see what it is- close enough that whatever it is can probably smell you? No. No you don't.
I have always lived in the Appalachian Mountains, and I’ve always lived in very rural areas. When I was 10 or 11 I had an experience I will never forget. At the time of this occurrence, I lived in a heavily wooded area on about 5 acres of land. I did have neighbors close enough that I could see them shooting off fireworks (fourth of July) and I was sitting outside watching. My dog was the only company I had that night. (Dad was in the basement building something). I will never forget the pure terror I experienced when one of the fireworks illuminated the night sky enough for me to see something crawling on the ground maybe 20 feet away from me. My dog saw it too and started barking and was able to chase this creature off. Unfortunately, the sky had returned to darkness at this point (the sky in rural areas is extremely dark at night) and I could only hear the creature running with my dog following close behind. I heard them both disappear into the woods. For more details on appearance, It was totally hairless, gaunt, and humanoid. At the time, I described it as “Gollum from Lord of the Rings” because that’s the closest comparison I could make when telling my dad what I saw. He didn’t believe me of course 🤣 What was interesting was this creature was not posing a threat to me or my dog and was behaving more like a scared animal typically would act in the presence of fireworks. I know the wildlife around my area. I know basically all of the fauna and flora here. This was like nothing I had or have ever seen. Wasn’t very large, more like a child in size. Any ideas? Btw, my dog returned safely and she lived a long and happy life. This was around 20 years ago so she is long gone. But by far the weirdest thing I’ve ever experienced in these mountains. I never saw it again and I have been in those exact woods many times since. I basically wrote it off as my imagination for all these years but in the back of my mind I KNOW what I saw. I have never been one to dabble in paranormal or supernatural. In fact I’m a huge skeptic of these things. But there has to be some sort of truth with all these strange accounts, both ancient and modern. I’d love to hear any theories!
Dont know what you saw but your description is interesting. Perhaps it was the offspring of some supernatural creature and had not encountered humans shooting off fireworks before, and was startled by the sound and visuals. Despite having the advantage of you not being able to see in the dark, it didn't attack you and was scared by your dog so im thinking it was a youngling unaware or uneducated when it comes to dealing with humans.
Something to know about the legend of saying the word “wendigo” and summoning one or essentially calling it to you, how it was relayed to me from someone who lived in a New Mexico reservation is that it normally won’t come after/attack you unless you’re in a relatively undeveloped area
When you mention cave systems and a fear of things that look human but are not... The fear of those things, I feel in my gut and chest. I went to see The Descent in theaters. I had to walk out because I was so scared.
I was about 14 when that movie came out. We were watching it at home, my mom and dad and my siblings. I got so freaked I stepped out of the room for a bit. It seems so plausible, even if you don’t believe in the supernatural some humans could evolve down there I think, and the claustrophobia got me.
@@AzayBae I was 12ish when I watched it and HOLY FUCK was it scary as shit... still freaks me out a little re-watching it... but since then nothings scared me film or TV wise... thanks the Descent you ruined horror for me. Thank gods it didn't affect horror games or books for me!
@@smithyMcjoe haha I’m easily startled but nothing really scares me that bad. Rather than a sequel with the same characters I wish they made a sequel set somewhere else where a different group encounters the crawlers. Like maybe a kid gets taken after exploring, Missing 411 style and some search and rescue people head down there only to get ambushed.
My experience with a Wendigo: When i was younger (10-12), in my childhood home, which kind was just up the road from a deep forest in Nebraska. That house definitely had some sort of supernatural affiliation, my whole family and anyone who stepped foot in that house would agree. My family does have Native American backgrounds, Sioux and Cherokee, along with spiritual affiliation going back generations (not necessarily good ones either), nonetheless, i spent my child hood in the woods down the road from my house and it always felt kinda off but i was a kid so i was pretty uncaring because i was hanging fun with my neighbors and siblings. Back to this night, i was in my room on the second floor and my window faced the street, which led down to the woods, my bed was pushed up against the window but as it was a bunk bed there was about a 5 inch gap between the bottom of the window frame and the top bunk that cut off the window. During the day i would have my window open as it was late summer into fall the the weather was very nice at that time of year. i would always make sure my window was closed at night, and normally i look out the window and close it soon after. this night i looked out the window as i normally do but i looked down to my sidewalk and i saw something i haven’t seen before ever, it was a townhome and when i looked down it was about to walk across my neighbors driveway. i looked at it and froze, i didn’t know what to do. it was crab walking on all fours, pale skin pulled tight against its body, keep in mind this sidewalk leads to the forest. as i was looking at it frozen it shot its head in my direction and made eye contact. i immediately dropped my head away from the window and laid in bed for the rest of the night shaking in fear. this was the most realistic moment i’ve ever felt i still remember it to this day vividly. No dear antlers. just pale and skinny. no hair. the only time i’ve felt pure fear. seeing something almost human.
I had a wendigo choke me out while I had sleep paralysis the night after I finished the audio book of the Pet Sematary. I highly suggest listing to it, easily on of my favorites.
It's cause of Chris Moltisanti and Paulie Walnuts, right? Those god damn Sopranos family guys. They let some god damn russian dude loose in that place. Guy was an interior decorator!
On the subject of rational explanations for human psychology, there are two very good rationales I've heard for the uncanny valley. The first and most common is sickness, where someone looking slightly off usually means they're sick with something serious and likely contagious. The other more interesting one I've heard is that it could be left over from our extended competition with the other species of Homo; Habilis, Erectus, Neanderthalensis, etc. All of which look very nearly human by our reconstruction, but just slightly off.
The national park thing is quiet concerning since they just folded the New River Gorge into the national parks. It’s a bit too close to home for comfort.
It's 'lash' way up north too. Les Quebecois prounounce it like the southerners: les Appalaches, and theyre taught the mountains are named for the people.
It would be interesting to hike the Appalachian trail in its entirety and see at what exact point the signs go from saying "Appalachia" to "Appalachia".
Way late to this, but I can confirm the mix of the pronunciation being mixed around the Mason-Dixion line. I grew up 500 feet off the line to the north in PA, and I grew up with Ap-a-latch-a but my best friend grew up in a town further south in MD and he grew up with Ap-a-lay-sha. We tease each other about it.
Coming from Native American/Oklahoma, I am happy you are talking about stuff like this. Have you done anything on the deer lady? That lore freaked me out.
Deer lady always made me laugh cause I hunt regularly and I can just picture her in her deer form and me being like: "oh look food!" BANG! No more deer lady.
I think it would be more dangerous to say their name in the Native American languages as I think this is similar to using an entities "true name" to control/summon them.
Great video as always! Have you ever heard of the Nuckelavee or the Orcadian horsemen from the Orkney islands? If not I'd love to see you cover them in a video or stream since its a sort of fleshy demon creature like a wendigo or fleshgait. Right up your alley lol.
I am so glad you did the break of the pronunciation of Appalachia. I grew up in south eastern Kentucky and spent a few years in both northern Kentucky and Central Arkansas. Because of this I pronounce it both ways.
I went camping actually in NY last week and saw a tall TALL guy wearing a deer skull with no clothes on and originally thought it was guy going hard for the meme until I saw it carrying a blue snow shovel on his back.
I read that as the Wendigoon... I was thinking I know you guys are tight nowadays, but really it all started from you hunting him down in National Parks? Sweetest bromance origins to date... theeeeen I felt like a moron whilst re-reading the title....
Talking about a Wendigo .. Does not draw them to you. The Navajo .. On the other hand do not speak about “He who walks on all fours”. And we both know what that witch is.
Fun fact: Fleshgaits- and I am around 75% sure about this, came from an ARG called something along the lines of Mother Horse Eyes, and its quite the fucking ancient ARG as well
Love the content! Avid cryptid fan here with my own theory on the wendigo legend. More and more archeological evidence as of late points to the fact that cannabilism was practiced on a vast , frequent basis among many native American tribes in ancient times, particularly among the southwestern and northern most groups...the tribes who lived in places hardest to thrive and survive . From several sources, I and others I agree with think that the cannabilism was happening on almost a genocidal scale and the Wendigo legend was a boogeyman story made up by the elders to keep future generations from continuing the practice, once the problem became to much. There are word of mouth stories from a few elders passed down that there was actually a treaty called and the wendigo myth is the solution they came to as the population was being affected by the systematic cannabilism practice. This may also explain why the subject is so feared and taboo amongst the tribes. This supposedly took place long before rhe white man came or even most tribes can remember. Would love to chat about it!
it's not just national parks, but reservations as well. reservations and parks are both independently governed/policed and do not have typical legal descriptions. i know my reservation, pine ridge ost, has many oddities that will always be simply dismissed because the rest of the world will never see or, usually, hear of it.
In my tribe saying it in winter was not allowed due to being a spirit of the lonely places. In Ojibwa BTW. At least this is the version I was taught. It's not good to say it ever . But your mostly ok during non winter sessions when the would tell it
Vampires in early mythology are simply zombie-like restless corpses that use suffocation and strangulation to consume soul essence then drink blood and eat flesh(with regular teeth and they will also eat other vampires), strigoi mortem are what people usually think of when you say vampire, vampires and strigoi are known to operate in daytime and nighttime, also vampires and strigoi dont need to be let in and vampires can squeeze through any crack to get in, also strigoi can shapeshift and a pricolici is a dead werewolf that turns into a strigoi and begomes a giant wolf that hunts isolated targets
Hi I want to share a series of events that have happened to me,for context I live in Jefferson Massachusetts and my houses backyard goes into a area that we call the rail trail which is a series of trails that connected to railways and for the last 5 years I've had weird things happen to me and surprisingly only me. I'm not going to be talking about all the events that have happened to me I'm only listing the main five that had the most things happen. The first event it was 5 months before I would have started my freshman year in high school,I was cooking Mac and cheese with the windows open cause it was warm out and I had two of my bunnies running around in the kitchen with me and out of no where I heard what sounded to me like a woman screaming help me coming from the valley that you have to go through to get to the woods and the screaming continued and one thing that changed was when I stepped outside of my house and started walking towards the area to go to the valley I noticed that the screaming sounded distorted and it sounded less like a woman like before it immediately freaked me out and I didn't immediately think it was something weird so I called 911 and said that I heard a woman screaming as if she was being attacked down in the valley and they said they'd get back to us and they never did and I was completely like shooken up and creeped out because I didn't immediately think it was something I thought it was a woman who could have gotten hurt and it took everything in my will to not go down there and try to help them because looking back at it now I don't think it was a woman. The second event that happened to me was when I was in my sophomore year in high school and at this point I loved going down there for walks and stuff cuz it's beautiful and there's beautiful streams and I like to take pictures and as I was in the valley going towards the wooded area to go to the stream I all of a sudden felt like I was being watched and it took me a couple seconds to realize it was completely silent I was a little freaked out and I still decided to go into the woods and I ended up going towards the trail where there was a lot of people going on walk so I felt more safe around the people there and I took the photos I wanted and then I ended up just walking the same way back to my house and nothing happened but it was creepy that I just out of nowhere noticed it was silent and I feel like I was being watched from the other side of the valley. The third event that happened to me was in my junior year and I was walking down to the trail and I noticed that there was a rotting smell but since we have you know like wild animals here I assumed it was just you know maybe a predator in the area killed an animal so I kept going to that spot where I would take photos and I lost track of time and by the time I was walking up the sun was already setting like less than 5 minutes away from being dark and I had my headphones in it was listening to my Spotify playlist and as I was approaching the end of the woods to go into the valley I just all the hairs on my body stuck up and I felt like something was wrong and I stopped my music took my headphones off and I just started walking normally and then I heard a weird screeching sound that sounded kind of far but I knew it wasn't that far away and I instantly triggered me to start running and I ain't ran all the way to my house and got myself into my house and broke down in tears and it took me almost a week to talk about it to my mom and what happened and for almost a year that was the last time I ever went out into the woods I was scared. The fourth event was when my uncle was in the hospital so we were taking care of his dog Tia and she was staying with us for a couple weeks and I would take her for walks around the yard but this day I decided I'm going to take her down to see the beautiful streams because she really loves nature and out of nowhere she just started being stubborn the second we started going on the small trail to go out to the valley to go to the woods and as we were going down the small trail which goes down a small hill to get to the valley and as we were in the middle of it I look out in the valley and I saw something on its back legs and to this day I cannot describe fully whatever I saw but it was not an animal and it was not a person at first I thought it was a bear but then I thought it was too skinny to be a bear then I thought it maybe it's a wolf and then I thought that wolves aren't really common in the area it's coyotes and I thought that it was way too skinny to be a coyote and they were some features I noticed on this thing that just didn't add up to me and the second that it knew I was there it stopped gone onto its four legs looked at me and then proceeded to run off into the woods I also noticed it did not have a tail as if there was never a tale and it looked like it had very little fur and just the way that it's body looked did not look like that of a wolf or a bear and to this day I'm confused about it every time I've talked to people they've said oh maybe it's just a bear that's like malnourished maybe it's just a wolf or a coyote and I know what I saw was not an animal I don't know what it was though and that instantly made me take Tia back to the house and for a couple months I didn't go back to the woods. This is the last major event that happened and it was around the middle of spring of 2021 and I have not been in the woods since so I decided to go and take more photos at the stream in the woods and I ended up deciding to stay there for a couple hours to have fun with my friend who had accompanied me because the bus driver was a substitute and didn't know where my friends address was and she's really quiet and shy and has anxiety so we decided that I would have her stay over for a couple hours and my mom would drop her off, and she was so psyched to see the area and even she said as we were in the valley she's like did you hear that and I said I didn't hear anything and she said huh and then we continued on to the woods area with the stream and we went on a walk and just like an adventure to like explore areas but I haven't even seen in the woods and as we were getting back the sun was setting and we noticed that there was a huge amount of grass that looked like it was flattened like the grass was at least 5 ft tall and it's just flattened like it was nothing in this one huge area and as we were walking I started to notice a fowl oder and I started hearing what I thought was Nicole saying come here on the other side of the valley but it sounded weird and I looked at her and she looked at me and she then said I told you I heard something earlier and then me and her rushed up to the hill and into my backyard and we have decided that we will never go in the woods again but I'm putting this here because I don't know what was happening let me rephrase that what I meaning is I don't know what the thing is but this thing has stalked me all the way to my house in the dark before and I don't know if all these events are from the same thing you don't have to believe me but I'm just confused and I don't know what it is. Most of these events happened almost 3 or 4 years ago except for the last two.
You can sense things others cannot. Also your friend can. I always say it's like the odor of bitter almonds, which is cyanide, and only half the population can smell it. I grew up in a house where some of us would hear our names called, but one sister said she never did. I believed her then, and still do now. Another sister had a friend sleep over, went downstairs and left her friend in her bedroom. When she went back up, the friend made her promise never to do that again.
OMG YOU KNOW THE STRIGOI Its actually romanian wendigo, but it takes any form and you cant tell They say only The cowards can feel The strigoi after they shapeshifted
Shouldn't the woods around Donner pass be crawling with Wendigo's? The Donner party was famous for eating each other to keep from starving. Have there been any sightings around that area?
This is a genuine question (I am an open-minded agnostic on supernatural/folkloric phenomenon) Why not more disappearances if these creatures are apex predators, have an insatiable need for human flesh, and appear to be fairly widespread (given the geographical range of sightings/incidents)? One explanation could be they are supernatural and don't actually need human flesh to survive, merely hunt it when they have the opportunity- which fits with the legend of them not dying of natural causes, as they wouldn't starve if they go without for a month, or a decade, or longer... but if they have an insatiable drive to consume flesh, you would expect more people to go missing, surely? Given the numbers of people who visit the national parks, hike alone etc? I know there could be MANY coverups so perhaps that's the answer, but still, even if the govt tried to cover it up, the person is still absent and people would notice. So we're left with the disappearances we know about. Even if every single missing 411 case is a wendigo, that still isn't all that much given the time and geography that these reports cover. Perhaps the Wendigo know they will be hunted if they are too bold. Perhaps the government keeps them in check. There definitely could be reasons! But it strikes me as odd, and I'm eager for other people's opinions, I won't dismiss them outright, I try to balance open-minded-ness and critical thinking :)
Hey, I'm from Ohio. To us, you're saying Appalachia the southern way. So do with that what you will. I really get in to these videos. It's nice to hear some one else tall about cryptids as much as I do.
Diolch am gael y ddraig goch ar eich wal! Rwy'n dysgu Cymraeg, ond dim ond 64% o'r cwrs rydw i wedi'i feistroli. (Thanks for having the Red Dragon on your wall! I am learning Welsh, but have only mastered 64% of the course). I cannot find your podcast anywhere on Apple podcasts. A shame, I am an OTR trucker and love to listen while I drive long hours!
Whoa man calm down, I heard if you say Ohio out loud it attracts a brutally terrifying creature natives call Drew Carry. It can only be killed in a molton cheese bath.
Im not actually apposed to the idea that the Wendigo, Skinwalker, Draugr Etc. insert undead evil creature here either resurrecting or otherwise inhabiting the human body, could have been some sort of extinct genus of fungus potentially some undiscovered ancestor to cordyceps, maybe unrelated all together, that had evolved to survive in higher temperatures, potentially during one of the higher temperature periods of earths history during the last glacial period, in which case it could have eventually been wiped out by the earths average temperature decreasing (That is just a speculative reason as to why a fungus would evolve for higher temperatures, I in no way have a degree, but I do like to read and speculate). The point being that a fungus that functioned similarly to the modern day cordyceps fungus could potentially given an evolutionary incentive to do so, spread to hominids, and cause an "Undead" like effect (Yes I am aware this is what the last of us used as a story device, but the reason why it is an effective story device, is its not necessarily impossible.) I don't think it would necessarily cause flesh eating zombies as much as shambling spore carriers, however fungus derived chemicals such as LSD and Psilocybin have a profound psychoactive effect which can lead people to act paranoid and aggressive, so I suppose violent zombies aren't entirely out of the question, obviously if such a fungus did exist it must have died out, but it would equal a somewhat "undead" prehistoric creature, that looked human but hunted humans for the sake of spreading spores to new hosts completing its lifecycle, the stories of which would pass down like telephone until written history creatures that spread plague and "evil" where ever they go.
11:27 Thank you, it can be pronounced either way. I don't care how you say it, both are fine. Gets annoying having people say it has to be said one way or the other.
It’s basic mathematics. Humans who avoid sickness and corpses live more years than ones who don’t. Having an instinctive drive to get rid of dead bodies does wonders for a budding species’ hygiene.
I live in the Appalachian area in western Pennsylvania (I went through the mountains commuting to my university) and I pronounce it the more “southern” way. But I am straight up 45 minutes from the West Virginia border.
(Knock, knock, knock) Hey Aidan I hate to bother you in mid taping, but there's a really tall...person at the front door, and it says it wants to talk to you! You might want to bring your video camera!
So THAT is why in the game Neo Scavenger, if I start attacking and eating people I gain "the hunger" and cannot have my hunger satiated unless I eat human meat. And eventually I become "unstoppable" and I just crush just regular people like nothingand even armed up people like nothing as well. I was also wondering how come in that game and cannibalizing people and die at some point it tells me all my stats and connection %and then the % of me turning into one. Now I get it. Thank you!
I'm part Irish and part German on my mom's side and part Dutch, German and Cherokee on my dad's side,born and raised in North Carolina so I say it the same way most people from the south say it.
Did anybody ever ask if a Blue Snow Shovel will woo a Wendussy into bed? No? I didn't think so but what do I know. I am just a tired old god sitting here, eating forbidden soup.
I know this video is 5 months old and you probably will never see this, but I think it would be interesting to do a video on what humanity as a whole could possibly do to dispatch any flesh pedestrian type creature to completely wipe out their race.
I would get DNA samples and create a virus or bacteria that only kills that creature. That would be the best bet. That way you only have to fly over the parks spraying it on the forest.
The fear of humanlike non humans, comes from evolving around many adjacent human lineages, chimpanzee will hunt and eat small monkeys as a staple of their diet, there's a good chance one of our larger or more athletic cousins did the same to us, our direct ancestors made a point to hunt other human subspecies, might chalk that up to generational trauma, but heres the kicker , all that about replicating distress calls from women ? and luring folk away from settlements? makes alot more sense when your talking about something that close to a human, with complex vocal cords and brain function , could even be a satellite species that specifically evolved to subside from human settlements, diverging far enough back to not worry about prions, but humanlike enough to exploit our similarities, following nomadic tribes eating when they can or have to...
I don't think the Jotnar are analogous with wendigo.. The Jotnar have more in common with Greek Titans than anything. I just can't see someone comparing Kronos, or Ymir to a wendigo. Perhaps I misheard your sentence. I mean, there is more to wendigo than cannibalism.
You know, the fire thing actually explains why my Great Grandfather, who was half native american, used to stock "dragon fire" incendiary shotgun shells for "Home defense".
Robber cant rob you when you burn your house down.
@@lukac00ltv25 work smarter not harder 🤙
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@@lukac00ltv25 robber can be easily identified by their lack of nose and face covered in 3rd degree burns lmao
Fire is the Cleanser!
I'm from Michigan and when I was in elementary a kid went missing, the put out a search and never found him, as I was just a kid i didn't think much of it but about 2 weeks later we had an assembly about it. How they were talking it just sounded like warnings about stranger danger and not talking to random people. Then a cop took the mic and what he said was one of the strangest things I've heard, he simply told us to ignore our names being called while on the playground and that if a teacher needed us they would come to us. The remains of the boy were found few miles away the next month and it seems he simply died from hypothermia, but what that cop said just makes you wonder.
As the say in places “if you hear something…..no you didn’t
To be fair, this can just as easily be a warning to ignore strangers who might be calling you over to them as anything else.
In fact, I'm gonna say that's all he meant.
@@-Zer0Dark- Its a pretty common tactic by predators and robbers (even on adults) to use a common name to make you lower your guard.
I can assure you that we do not exist.
And hypothetically speaking, it's the orange snow shovels that we avoid.
Good to know
@@dakotataylor223 If you think you heard something, no you didn’t.
Honestly, the Until Dawn’s Wendigos seem to be very accurate to most native folklore of the actual wendigo. I remember how some people were mad that Until Dawn’s Wendigos didn’t have antlers
That all started ( i think) because of the lost tapes. I always followed the until dawn/supernatural wendigo style.
Lost tapes is closer to a skinwalker than wendigo
One thing until dawn got wrong is that there's basically no stories of wendigos hunting in packs or there being more than one in any given area.
Weird West would be worth looking into.
THE WENDUSSY
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I opened the comments while the ads were going and saw this first… started rethinking if I should watch 🤣
Wendigoon breathing heavy after that
Mmmm sticky sweet Wendigussy
Wendussy is life.
The more I watch this video the more I’m convinced he’s subtly sending Wendigoon hints
The wendBussy.
I live in the woods in the Appalachians. I live near a cave system. I’ve had a few strange encounters whilst walking out in the forest (think distant screaming, sudden chills/goosebumps, feeling of being watched/anxiety, etc. Of course these can be explained by bobcats and infrasound, but it’s still pretty creepy), but nothing that made me actually fear for my life. We have a saying here in the Appalachians: if you hear or see something odd in the woods, no you didn’t. You heard a *not-quite* human sounding scream? No you didn’t. Calmly leave. Don’t make a ruckus, but gtfo.
I'm just curious what the reason for that no you didn't state of being is? Just so you don't draw attention to yourself?
Precisely. You want to avoid drawing any sort of attention to yourself because you are no match for whatever may be out there. Silently pack up and leave, get to a safe place (a car or house with locks on both the doors and windows).
@@EveryWayWorks still makes me wonder what it could be? Don't get me wrong I grew up in the country but we don't have much apart from coyotes in my area.
@@patrickferryman6579 you wonder what it could be... But do you REALLY want to find out? Do you actually feel ballsy enough to get close enough to see what it is- close enough that whatever it is can probably smell you?
No. No you don't.
@@lordadorable7362 im curious. Not stupid
I have always lived in the Appalachian Mountains, and I’ve always lived in very rural areas. When I was 10 or 11 I had an experience I will never forget. At the time of this occurrence, I lived in a heavily wooded area on about 5 acres of land. I did have neighbors close enough that I could see them shooting off fireworks (fourth of July) and I was sitting outside watching. My dog was the only company I had that night. (Dad was in the basement building something).
I will never forget the pure terror I experienced when one of the fireworks illuminated the night sky enough for me to see something crawling on the ground maybe 20 feet away from me. My dog saw it too and started barking and was able to chase this creature off. Unfortunately, the sky had returned to darkness at this point (the sky in rural areas is extremely dark at night) and I could only hear the creature running with my dog following close behind. I heard them both disappear into the woods.
For more details on appearance, It was totally hairless, gaunt, and humanoid. At the time, I described it as “Gollum from Lord of the Rings” because that’s the closest comparison I could make when telling my dad what I saw. He didn’t believe me of course 🤣
What was interesting was this creature was not posing a threat to me or my dog and was behaving more like a scared animal typically would act in the presence of fireworks.
I know the wildlife around my area. I know basically all of the fauna and flora here. This was like nothing I had or have ever seen. Wasn’t very large, more like a child in size. Any ideas?
Btw, my dog returned safely and she lived a long and happy life. This was around 20 years ago so she is long gone. But by far the weirdest thing I’ve ever experienced in these mountains. I never saw it again and I have been in those exact woods many times since.
I basically wrote it off as my imagination for all these years but in the back of my mind I KNOW what I saw. I have never been one to dabble in paranormal or supernatural. In fact I’m a huge skeptic of these things. But there has to be some sort of truth with all these strange accounts, both ancient and modern. I’d love to hear any theories!
Some of Steves viewers are first nations and surely some applachians. Maybe one of them could help explain what you saw in his comments?
Dont know what you saw but your description is interesting. Perhaps it was the offspring of some supernatural creature and had not encountered humans shooting off fireworks before, and was startled by the sound and visuals. Despite having the advantage of you not being able to see in the dark, it didn't attack you and was scared by your dog so im thinking it was a youngling unaware or uneducated when it comes to dealing with humans.
Something to know about the legend of saying the word “wendigo” and summoning one or essentially calling it to you, how it was relayed to me from someone who lived in a New Mexico reservation is that it normally won’t come after/attack you unless you’re in a relatively undeveloped area
When you mention cave systems and a fear of things that look human but are not... The fear of those things, I feel in my gut and chest. I went to see The Descent in theaters. I had to walk out because I was so scared.
I was about 14 when that movie came out. We were watching it at home, my mom and dad and my siblings. I got so freaked I stepped out of the room for a bit.
It seems so plausible, even if you don’t believe in the supernatural some humans could evolve down there I think, and the claustrophobia got me.
@@AzayBae I was 12ish when I watched it and HOLY FUCK was it scary as shit... still freaks me out a little re-watching it... but since then nothings scared me film or TV wise... thanks the Descent you ruined horror for me. Thank gods it didn't affect horror games or books for me!
@@smithyMcjoe haha I’m easily startled but nothing really scares me that bad. Rather than a sequel with the same characters I wish they made a sequel set somewhere else where a different group encounters the crawlers.
Like maybe a kid gets taken after exploring, Missing 411 style and some search and rescue people head down there only to get ambushed.
The idea of one just grabbing you and lifting you away while surrounded by people is terrifying.
My experience with a Wendigo:
When i was younger (10-12), in my childhood home, which kind was just up the road from a deep forest in Nebraska. That house definitely had some sort of supernatural affiliation, my whole family and anyone who stepped foot in that house would agree. My family does have Native American backgrounds, Sioux and Cherokee, along with spiritual affiliation going back generations (not necessarily good ones either), nonetheless, i spent my child hood in the woods down the road from my house and it always felt kinda off but i was a kid so i was pretty uncaring because i was hanging fun with my neighbors and siblings. Back to this night, i was in my room on the second floor and my window faced the street, which led down to the woods, my bed was pushed up against the window but as it was a bunk bed there was about a 5 inch gap between the bottom of the window frame and the top bunk that cut off the window. During the day i would have my window open as it was late summer into fall the the weather was very nice at that time of year. i would always make sure my window was closed at night, and normally i look out the window and close it soon after. this night i looked out the window as i normally do but i looked down to my sidewalk and i saw something i haven’t seen before ever, it was a townhome and when i looked down it was about to walk across my neighbors driveway. i looked at it and froze, i didn’t know what to do. it was crab walking on all fours, pale skin pulled tight against its body, keep in mind this sidewalk leads to the forest. as i was looking at it frozen it shot its head in my direction and made eye contact. i immediately dropped my head away from the window and laid in bed for the rest of the night shaking in fear. this was the most realistic moment i’ve ever felt i still remember it to this day vividly. No dear antlers. just pale and skinny. no hair. the only time i’ve felt pure fear. seeing something almost human.
I had a wendigo choke me out while I had sleep paralysis the night after I finished the audio book of the Pet Sematary. I highly suggest listing to it, easily on of my favorites.
After what you just said, nah I’m good.
Damn some kinky wendussy right there.
@@WeAreInYourWall 😂 I never expected a comment like that 10/10
@@Beastlango the best wendussy is always unexpected.
Brb, going into the woods to scream wendigo at the top of my lungs. Im gonna take that wendussy
Is he safe? Is.. He AlRiGhT‽
@@redjulius33I guess that wendussy is a once in a lifetime thing
There’s a very good reason me and my friends stopped camping in the pine barrens.
It's cause of Chris Moltisanti and Paulie Walnuts, right? Those god damn Sopranos family guys. They let some god damn russian dude loose in that place. Guy was an interior decorator!
came for the wendigo, got a five minute lecture on Appalachia.
That’s nice, they are there to do get over it
His old videos are so poorly scripted it’s insane
The lore lodge: first time?
😂😂😂
Poor young naive Aiden. Little did he know that his search for the wendigo would end so tragically.
On the subject of rational explanations for human psychology, there are two very good rationales I've heard for the uncanny valley. The first and most common is sickness, where someone looking slightly off usually means they're sick with something serious and likely contagious. The other more interesting one I've heard is that it could be left over from our extended competition with the other species of Homo; Habilis, Erectus, Neanderthalensis, etc. All of which look very nearly human by our reconstruction, but just slightly off.
The national park thing is quiet concerning since they just folded the New River Gorge into the national parks. It’s a bit too close to home for comfort.
Huh. What do you reckon we got hiding there?
I love the blue snow shovel part 😭🤣
Where is the blue snow shovel thing even from?
@@shaunbrender a guys video on TikTok saying he was hunting a wendigo with a blue snow shovel
This is a great channel I've learned a lot about American folklore. Would love too hear your thoughts on Scottish folklore
What are some examples for me to search
Scottish folklore: " everything that comes from a body of water is bad and will definitely eat your kids"
@@thatstopmotioner8119 Kelpies, the Nucklavee, the Fae, the Banshee
It's 'lash' way up north too. Les Quebecois prounounce it like the southerners: les Appalaches, and theyre taught the mountains are named for the people.
It would be interesting to hike the Appalachian trail in its entirety and see at what exact point the signs go from saying "Appalachia" to "Appalachia".
Thank you for getting its description right 🙏🙇♂️🙏
Wow finally a channel that educates us about cryptids 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Way late to this, but I can confirm the mix of the pronunciation being mixed around the Mason-Dixion line. I grew up 500 feet off the line to the north in PA, and I grew up with Ap-a-latch-a but my best friend grew up in a town further south in MD and he grew up with Ap-a-lay-sha. We tease each other about it.
Ahhh the days before Aidan found out he sounded like a Fed
Coming from Native American/Oklahoma, I am happy you are talking about stuff like this. Have you done anything on the deer lady? That lore freaked me out.
Deer Lady is iconic
Deer lady always made me laugh cause I hunt regularly and I can just picture her in her deer form and me being like: "oh look food!" BANG! No more deer lady.
@@patrickferryman6579 If you're on Deer Woman's radar, there's nothing you can do about it.
This is a great video - very educational and thorough. Love your channel! 👍💯
I think it would be more dangerous to say their name in the Native American languages as I think this is similar to using an entities "true name" to control/summon them.
Brooooo has changed so much 😂😂😂 came back to this after something you said about your old videos on the recent stream with enigma
Well, I may have dated a wendigo in college. The description is spot on and she was pretty wild.
Great video as always! Have you ever heard of the Nuckelavee or the Orcadian horsemen from the Orkney islands? If not I'd love to see you cover them in a video or stream since its a sort of fleshy demon creature like a wendigo or fleshgait. Right up your alley lol.
I am so glad you did the break of the pronunciation of Appalachia. I grew up in south eastern Kentucky and spent a few years in both northern Kentucky and Central Arkansas. Because of this I pronounce it both ways.
We need a playthrough of until dawn by Aiden! Like this if you agree
I went camping actually in NY last week and saw a tall TALL guy wearing a deer skull with no clothes on and originally thought it was guy going hard for the meme until I saw it carrying a blue snow shovel on his back.
I read that as the Wendigoon... I was thinking I know you guys are tight nowadays, but really it all started from you hunting him down in National Parks? Sweetest bromance origins to date... theeeeen I felt like a moron whilst re-reading the title....
Talking about a Wendigo .. Does not draw them to you. The Navajo .. On the other hand do not speak about “He who walks on all fours”. And we both know what that witch is.
Leave it to a fed to break down Appalachia etymology lmao
Love you Aiden
GET THAT WENDUSSY
Fun fact: Fleshgaits- and I am around 75% sure about this, came from an ARG called something along the lines of Mother Horse Eyes, and its quite the fucking ancient ARG as well
Love the content! Avid cryptid fan here with my own theory on the wendigo legend. More and more archeological evidence as of late points to the fact that cannabilism was practiced on a vast , frequent basis among many native American tribes in ancient times, particularly among the southwestern and northern most groups...the tribes who lived in places hardest to thrive and survive . From several sources, I and others I agree with think that the cannabilism was happening on almost a genocidal scale and the Wendigo legend was a boogeyman story made up by the elders to keep future generations from continuing the practice, once the problem became to much. There are word of mouth stories from a few elders passed down that there was actually a treaty called and the wendigo myth is the solution they came to as the population was being affected by the systematic cannabilism practice. This may also explain why the subject is so feared and taboo amongst the tribes. This supposedly took place long before rhe white man came or even most tribes can remember. Would love to chat about it!
if you want to avoid the wendussy for whatever reason just go into a city or a town or a neighborhood and youll be fine
The opening lines are always priceless.
it's not just national parks, but reservations as well. reservations and parks are both independently governed/policed and do not have typical legal descriptions. i know my reservation, pine ridge ost, has many oddities that will always be simply dismissed because the rest of the world will never see or, usually, hear of it.
In my tribe saying it in winter was not allowed due to being a spirit of the lonely places. In Ojibwa BTW. At least this is the version I was taught. It's not good to say it ever . But your mostly ok during non winter sessions when the would tell it
I would appreciate aidan not being strung up by the wendussy
Same
Let's also not forget that flare guns work very well against wendigos
I said the name Indigo for my granddaughter and was swiftly told naw.... its to much like wendigo so this will educate me I hope lol.
Vampires in early mythology are simply zombie-like restless corpses that use suffocation and strangulation to consume soul essence then drink blood and eat flesh(with regular teeth and they will also eat other vampires), strigoi mortem are what people usually think of when you say vampire, vampires and strigoi are known to operate in daytime and nighttime, also vampires and strigoi dont need to be let in and vampires can squeeze through any crack to get in, also strigoi can shapeshift and a pricolici is a dead werewolf that turns into a strigoi and begomes a giant wolf that hunts isolated targets
Hi I want to share a series of events that have happened to me,for context I live in Jefferson Massachusetts and my houses backyard goes into a area that we call the rail trail which is a series of trails that connected to railways and for the last 5 years I've had weird things happen to me and surprisingly only me.
I'm not going to be talking about all the events that have happened to me I'm only listing the main five that had the most things happen.
The first event it was 5 months before I would have started my freshman year in high school,I was cooking Mac and cheese with the windows open cause it was warm out and I had two of my bunnies running around in the kitchen with me and out of no where I heard what sounded to me like a woman screaming help me coming from the valley that you have to go through to get to the woods and the screaming continued and one thing that changed was when I stepped outside of my house and started walking towards the area to go to the valley I noticed that the screaming sounded distorted and it sounded less like a woman like before it immediately freaked me out and I didn't immediately think it was something weird so I called 911 and said that I heard a woman screaming as if she was being attacked down in the valley and they said they'd get back to us and they never did and I was completely like shooken up and creeped out because I didn't immediately think it was something I thought it was a woman who could have gotten hurt and it took everything in my will to not go down there and try to help them because looking back at it now I don't think it was a woman.
The second event that happened to me was when I was in my sophomore year in high school and at this point I loved going down there for walks and stuff cuz it's beautiful and there's beautiful streams and I like to take pictures and as I was in the valley going towards the wooded area to go to the stream I all of a sudden felt like I was being watched and it took me a couple seconds to realize it was completely silent I was a little freaked out and I still decided to go into the woods and I ended up going towards the trail where there was a lot of people going on walk so I felt more safe around the people there and I took the photos I wanted and then I ended up just walking the same way back to my house and nothing happened but it was creepy that I just out of nowhere noticed it was silent and I feel like I was being watched from the other side of the valley.
The third event that happened to me was in my junior year and I was walking down to the trail and I noticed that there was a rotting smell but since we have you know like wild animals here I assumed it was just you know maybe a predator in the area killed an animal so I kept going to that spot where I would take photos and I lost track of time and by the time I was walking up the sun was already setting like less than 5 minutes away from being dark and I had my headphones in it was listening to my Spotify playlist and as I was approaching the end of the woods to go into the valley I just all the hairs on my body stuck up and I felt like something was wrong and I stopped my music took my headphones off and I just started walking normally and then I heard a weird screeching sound that sounded kind of far but I knew it wasn't that far away and I instantly triggered me to start running and I ain't ran all the way to my house and got myself into my house and broke down in tears and it took me almost a week to talk about it to my mom and what happened and for almost a year that was the last time I ever went out into the woods I was scared.
The fourth event was when my uncle was in the hospital so we were taking care of his dog Tia and she was staying with us for a couple weeks and I would take her for walks around the yard but this day I decided I'm going to take her down to see the beautiful streams because she really loves nature and out of nowhere she just started being stubborn the second we started going on the small trail to go out to the valley to go to the woods and as we were going down the small trail which goes down a small hill to get to the valley and as we were in the middle of it I look out in the valley and I saw something on its back legs and to this day I cannot describe fully whatever I saw but it was not an animal and it was not a person at first I thought it was a bear but then I thought it was too skinny to be a bear then I thought it maybe it's a wolf and then I thought that wolves aren't really common in the area it's coyotes and I thought that it was way too skinny to be a coyote and they were some features I noticed on this thing that just didn't add up to me and the second that it knew I was there it stopped gone onto its four legs looked at me and then proceeded to run off into the woods I also noticed it did not have a tail as if there was never a tale and it looked like it had very little fur and just the way that it's body looked did not look like that of a wolf or a bear and to this day I'm confused about it every time I've talked to people they've said oh maybe it's just a bear that's like malnourished maybe it's just a wolf or a coyote and I know what I saw was not an animal I don't know what it was though and that instantly made me take Tia back to the house and for a couple months I didn't go back to the woods.
This is the last major event that happened and it was around the middle of spring of 2021 and I have not been in the woods since so I decided to go and take more photos at the stream in the woods and I ended up deciding to stay there for a couple hours to have fun with my friend who had accompanied me because the bus driver was a substitute and didn't know where my friends address was and she's really quiet and shy and has anxiety so we decided that I would have her stay over for a couple hours and my mom would drop her off, and she was so psyched to see the area and even she said as we were in the valley she's like did you hear that and I said I didn't hear anything and she said huh and then we continued on to the woods area with the stream and we went on a walk and just like an adventure to like explore areas but I haven't even seen in the woods and as we were getting back the sun was setting and we noticed that there was a huge amount of grass that looked like it was flattened like the grass was at least 5 ft tall and it's just flattened like it was nothing in this one huge area and as we were walking I started to notice a fowl oder and I started hearing what I thought was Nicole saying come here on the other side of the valley but it sounded weird and I looked at her and she looked at me and she then said I told you I heard something earlier and then me and her rushed up to the hill and into my backyard and we have decided that we will never go in the woods again but I'm putting this here because I don't know what was happening let me rephrase that what I meaning is I don't know what the thing is but this thing has stalked me all the way to my house in the dark before and I don't know if all these events are from the same thing you don't have to believe me but I'm just confused and I don't know what it is.
Most of these events happened almost 3 or 4 years ago except for the last two.
You can sense things others cannot. Also your friend can. I always say it's like the odor of bitter almonds, which is cyanide, and only half the population can smell it. I grew up in a house where some of us would hear our names called, but one sister said she never did. I believed her then, and still do now. Another sister had a friend sleep over, went downstairs and left her friend in her bedroom. When she went back up, the friend made her promise never to do that again.
OMG YOU KNOW THE STRIGOI
Its actually romanian wendigo, but it takes any form and you cant tell
They say only The cowards can feel The strigoi after they shapeshifted
As someone from mass I can confirm I carry the blue shovel incase
It's important
Maura Healy coming for those next
Bears, mountain lions, and wendigos are the reasons I don’t go camping 😱
Shouldn't the woods around Donner pass be crawling with Wendigo's? The Donner party was famous for eating each other to keep from starving. Have there been any sightings around that area?
Only one person from that party is known to have eaten someone and he was rehabilitated
The film Princess Monoke seems to be dealing with the opposite end of the wendigo spectrum/Forrest spirit hierarchy
This is a genuine question (I am an open-minded agnostic on supernatural/folkloric phenomenon)
Why not more disappearances if these creatures are apex predators, have an insatiable need for human flesh, and appear to be fairly widespread (given the geographical range of sightings/incidents)?
One explanation could be they are supernatural and don't actually need human flesh to survive, merely hunt it when they have the opportunity- which fits with the legend of them not dying of natural causes, as they wouldn't starve if they go without for a month, or a decade, or longer... but if they have an insatiable drive to consume flesh, you would expect more people to go missing, surely? Given the numbers of people who visit the national parks, hike alone etc?
I know there could be MANY coverups so perhaps that's the answer, but still, even if the govt tried to cover it up, the person is still absent and people would notice. So we're left with the disappearances we know about. Even if every single missing 411 case is a wendigo, that still isn't all that much given the time and geography that these reports cover.
Perhaps the Wendigo know they will be hunted if they are too bold. Perhaps the government keeps them in check. There definitely could be reasons!
But it strikes me as odd, and I'm eager for other people's opinions, I won't dismiss them outright, I try to balance open-minded-ness and critical thinking :)
Wendigoon started sweating after the first 3 seconds of the video
Can confirm. Ohio cant do anything right. Except corn. Weve got that down.
Hey, I'm from Ohio. To us, you're saying Appalachia the southern way. So do with that what you will. I really get in to these videos. It's nice to hear some one else tall about cryptids as much as I do.
Your hatred for Ohio makes me giggle🤣
If someone says I'm pronouncing it wrong, they could plug their ears so they don't become damaged by the loud F bombs I'll use to tell them to F off.
When In the northwoods we say “W man” to reference it.
Diolch am gael y ddraig goch ar eich wal! Rwy'n dysgu Cymraeg, ond dim ond 64% o'r cwrs rydw i wedi'i feistroli. (Thanks for having the Red Dragon on your wall! I am learning Welsh, but have only mastered 64% of the course). I cannot find your podcast anywhere on Apple podcasts. A shame, I am an OTR trucker and love to listen while I drive long hours!
Can you do a video on the Adirondacks? I go camping there multiple times every summer and they’re pretty interesting.
I've heard you can feed one bear grease, and it cures the transformation
What i find the most interesting is how similar these are to Arabic Ghouls
Wendigo often take jobs no one else is drawn to, for instance, beauty parlor and barber college janitorial services.
As a wendigo, I can confirm I will not take you out to dinner first.
Ohio gets what it deserves, this does not include mercy.
Whoa man calm down, I heard if you say Ohio out loud it attracts a brutally terrifying creature natives call Drew Carry. It can only be killed in a molton cheese bath.
Me in the middle of the woods in Northern Michigan watching this video... it's fine I'm fine
In the woods “HEY WINDEGO”
Wendigo vs Bigfoot.......Now there is a Hollywood blockbuster just aching to be made...
Im not actually apposed to the idea that the Wendigo, Skinwalker, Draugr Etc. insert undead evil creature here either resurrecting or otherwise inhabiting the human body, could have been some sort of extinct genus of fungus potentially some undiscovered ancestor to cordyceps, maybe unrelated all together, that had evolved to survive in higher temperatures, potentially during one of the higher temperature periods of earths history during the last glacial period, in which case it could have eventually been wiped out by the earths average temperature decreasing (That is just a speculative reason as to why a fungus would evolve for higher temperatures, I in no way have a degree, but I do like to read and speculate). The point being that a fungus that functioned similarly to the modern day cordyceps fungus could potentially given an evolutionary incentive to do so, spread to hominids, and cause an "Undead" like effect (Yes I am aware this is what the last of us used as a story device, but the reason why it is an effective story device, is its not necessarily impossible.) I don't think it would necessarily cause flesh eating zombies as much as shambling spore carriers, however fungus derived chemicals such as LSD and Psilocybin have a profound psychoactive effect which can lead people to act paranoid and aggressive, so I suppose violent zombies aren't entirely out of the question, obviously if such a fungus did exist it must have died out, but it would equal a somewhat "undead" prehistoric creature, that looked human but hunted humans for the sake of spreading spores to new hosts completing its lifecycle, the stories of which would pass down like telephone until written history creatures that spread plague and "evil" where ever they go.
11:27 Thank you, it can be pronounced either way. I don't care how you say it, both are fine. Gets annoying having people say it has to be said one way or the other.
It’s basic mathematics. Humans who avoid sickness and corpses live more years than ones who don’t. Having an instinctive drive to get rid of dead bodies does wonders for a budding species’ hygiene.
I live in the Appalachian area in western Pennsylvania (I went through the mountains commuting to my university) and I pronounce it the more “southern” way. But I am straight up 45 minutes from the West Virginia border.
(Knock, knock, knock) Hey Aidan I hate to bother you in mid taping, but there's a really tall...person at the front door, and it says it wants to talk to you! You might want to bring your video camera!
I am from southern VA in Appalachia. Apple -at-chya. I can confirm. Another way to detect where you are from :)😊
Bruh I live in rural Minnesota and i cant count how many times Ive said and talked about Wendigos in the woods 💀 I am marked for death
Great video, sir!
Thank you kindly!
oh the wendigo will take you to dinner, you're the main course
So THAT is why in the game Neo Scavenger, if I start attacking and eating people I gain "the hunger" and cannot have my hunger satiated unless I eat human meat. And eventually I become "unstoppable" and I just crush just regular people like nothingand even armed up people like nothing as well.
I was also wondering how come in that game and cannibalizing people and die at some point it tells me all my stats and connection %and then the % of me turning into one. Now I get it. Thank you!
I'm part Irish and part German on my mom's side and part Dutch, German and Cherokee on my dad's side,born and raised in North Carolina so I say it the same way most people from the south say it.
I still hope you make that Book!!!
Did anybody ever ask if a Blue Snow Shovel will woo a Wendussy into bed? No? I didn't think so but what do I know. I am just a tired old god sitting here, eating forbidden soup.
Got The Toy Lightsaber Ready
I know this video is 5 months old and you probably will never see this, but I think it would be interesting to do a video on what humanity as a whole could possibly do to dispatch any flesh pedestrian type creature to completely wipe out their race.
I would get DNA samples and create a virus or bacteria that only kills that creature. That would be the best bet. That way you only have to fly over the parks spraying it on the forest.
Make it do taxes, that kill`s anything :)
Remember this motto if you want to survive, kiddos: *“Stay safe-decapitate!”*
I always thought it was called Āppālāchiā
The fear of humanlike non humans, comes from evolving around many adjacent human lineages, chimpanzee will hunt and eat small monkeys as a staple of their diet, there's a good chance one of our larger or more athletic cousins did the same to us, our direct ancestors made a point to hunt other human subspecies, might chalk that up to generational trauma, but heres the kicker , all that about replicating distress calls from women ? and luring folk away from settlements? makes alot more sense when your talking about something that close to a human, with complex vocal cords and brain function , could even be a satellite species that specifically evolved to subside from human settlements, diverging far enough back to not worry about prions, but humanlike enough to exploit our similarities, following nomadic tribes eating when they can or have to...
the wendussy only goes out during winter so only winter cases count
The Wendigo reminds me of Evil Dead!
Wendussy. That made me do a double take
I don't think the Jotnar are analogous with wendigo.. The Jotnar have more in common with Greek Titans than anything. I just can't see someone comparing Kronos, or Ymir to a wendigo.
Perhaps I misheard your sentence.
I mean, there is more to wendigo than cannibalism.
Is this what modern Bigfoot hunters are up to
I’m Canadian, and every time I hear someone (usually on youtube) say Appalachia, they say it with a “sha” and so that’s how I pronounce it.
The blue snow shovel must be metal.
I grew up in central Maine... and people took the Wendigo seriously.
I thought you said before that if they went to the cannibal way that they also practiced black magic
That’s skinwalkers
When do we get part 2 and 3?