Episode 36: Cryptid Special: The Windigo

Spelt with over 36 variations, this creature from Native American folklore will make you quiver with fear. Today’s themes: Starvation, cannibalism, and horrible winters. Happy Halloween! SOCIALS: @therestoomuchtothink on Instagram. SOURCES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guiuXIMZ2vE [Video] PBS Storied. “Windigo: The Flesh-Eating Monster of Native American Legend | Monstrum” YouTube, 28 Aug 2019. Accessed 30 Sep 2023. https://allthatsinteresting.com/wendigo All That’s Interesting. “What is the Wendigo? Meet the Cannibalistic Cryptid from your Nightmares” [Edited by: Jaclyn Anglis]. All That’s Interesting, 17 Aug 2022. Accessed 30 Sep 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axRkTEy4sGo [Video] Jon Solo. “The VERY Messed Up Origins™ of the Wendigo: Cannibal Demon | Native American Folklore Explained” YouTube, 7 Oct 2022. Accessed 30 Sep 2023. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/ Alexander, Kathy. “Wendigo— Flesheater of the forests” Legends of America, December 2022. Accessed 30 Sep 2023. https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/wendigo Mingren, Wu. “What is a Wendigo? The Beast with an insatiable Hunger for Human Flesh.” Ancient Origins, 28 Dec 2022. Accessed 30 Sep 2023. https://www.facinghistory.org/ideas-week/more-monsters-deeper-significance-wendigo-stories Smith, Kaitlin. “More Than Monsters: The Deeper Significance of Wendigo Stories” Facing History & Ourselves, 30 Nov 2021. Accessed 30 Sep 2023. https://books.google.com/books?id=7ZaZDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PT58#v=onepage&q&f=false Peters, Hammerson. The Legends of the Nahanni Valley, self published 5 May 2018. Accessed 4 Oct 2023.