Classic Canadian Wendigo Stories: Episode 1 - Alexander Henry (Elder), Paul Kane, Phillip Godsell

First Nations legend tells of an evil man-eating spirit that haunts the northern forests.
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:01:52 - Philip H. Godsell's Wendigo Stories
0:08:08 - Alexander Henry the Elder's Wendigo Stories
0:13:25 - Paul Kane's Wendigo Stories
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Thanks for the kind words, and for the support! Yes, I'd love to hear the secret.

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If you suspect that a women in your village is a skinwalker, watch her when she goes to urinate. If she stands and pees like a man instead of squating, then she has turned into a skinwalker. Lol i heard that one as a kid from a 90 year old tribal elder woman and I thought it was very funny.

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Ppl eating ppl ok but the account of the man eating his sister and mom that was the one that made me sick

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Takes all types of critters to make Farmer Vincent's fritters.

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@@speez6106 Oh and remember Granny was never prejudice against any of God's creatures. She used to say , “Meat's meat, and a man's gotta eat.”

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@@cowboykelly6590The way I sees it , "There's too many people in the world and not enough food. Now this takes care of both problems at the same time.”

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I'm about as white as white can be, but I was born in Northern Ontario beyond the federal line. Everyone hears stories that are told in whispers. We know you don't go into the dark woods at night.

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If human beings in this region of Canada can become susceptible to the transformation into a wendigo I wonder if it's possible for this to happen to a Sasquatch or a Dogman? Imagine for a moment how terrifying that situation would become!

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D:

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[@palamambron]

The Tall Deer accounts are very interesting in their parallels to the Wendigo. What if deer also experience famine and do cannibalism? And they become Tall Deer that can eat you and are continually ravenous for entrails and brains. These things grow out of control with all that protein.

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Yes the Crow eat there enemy's

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Their / enemies

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dont eat me, i'm a smoker. {c:}

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I 100% prefer those stories than "deer wendigo ones"

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The Ojibwe tribes Minnesota tell stories about the Wendigo and many places are named after the mystic creature.

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Has anyone else heard that if you know the wendigos original name it will destroy it? I read it somewhere...

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I thought Wendigos had a neat aesthetic, as an artist. I joked about it “being my spirit animal”. Then, I found an image, from my security camera,that has a grainy depiction of a Wendigo,, within the “noise” of the photo.(among some other creepy things). I’m educated, 48 of age, and I know what parodalia is.(not sure if I spelled that right). But, you can’t explain why I find the specifics, I find in photos. My mother, also has weird phenomena, that happen in her photos/video from time to time. We are both sensitive, as well. This may explain some aspects to our happenings.

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Please share!

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He began speaking in tongues upon becoming possessed by the Windigo spirit... hmmm

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Can you imagine if a culture of cannibalism survived in the West Coast, in what is now Washington, California...

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I can eat 50 eggs.

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You would smell though .🥴 Mmm.. 50 eggs

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You'd have one hell of a poop session.

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This a Cool Hand Luke reference?

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Is there a connection between Wendigos and Skinwalkers?

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They're essentially the same entity.

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@@sarahoshea9603 not really

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Yes and no. The key to both however is Cannibalism.

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I live in the far north in the middle of no where, should I be scared?

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#Antlers

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I've tasted human...it's not so bad if cooked right with a pinch of salt and pepper on.

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Sometimes on cold winter nights I want to eat my girlfriend, but that might be different.😁

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Muff burger an a side of thighs

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Godsell related several revolting cannibalism stories. What about the non revolting ones? Those never get any press. And so we're clear, totes JK, bruh.

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Maybe the old woman was just old

[@PrincipledNaturalLaw]

Disturbing......though such behaviour is abhorrent, i find it difficult to condemn those who have done so, as who really knows how they would behave/act when faced with a similar situation of starvation unto death......there's truth in the words "needs must when the devil drives".

[@rapturekevin]

I spoke to a Cree man today about this. It's not cannibalism. It's a representation of the evil and bad things we all posesse. Therefore if encounter one It's the devil in the flesh. But it's your bad deeds and feelings causing it to manifest before you. If you see one you will cry but then become a better person because you witnessed the evil within yourself

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This actually made me sick. Thank you for the heads up in the beginning with the comparison to old cheese I thought it a bit odd but 8 minutes in I’ve had my share and I’ve literally almost thrown up twice. Love your channel I could do without this series so I’ll be staying clear of these ones.