15- Stranded in Isle Royale National Park with Windigo

National Park After Dark

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True Crime, Places & Travel, Wilderness, Society & Culture, Sports

4.8 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Pack your bags and bring plenty of supplies, who knows how long you will be joining us in Isle Royale National Park. In this episode we are taking you back to the 1800s during the Copper Rush around Lake Superior. When an indigenous woman and her French-Canadian voyageur husband are asked to head to Isle Royale to scope out copper they agree to stay there for three months during the summer, but when no one comes back for them they need to figure out how to survive the harsh winter of northern Michigan. With starvation and the spirit of Windigo lurking, surviving this winter is going to be extremely difficult.

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Sources: Mikel B. Classen On The Road. Canadian Connections. Encyclopedia.com.

Links to background music used in this episode:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gQd2owV2aE&t=136s

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0:00.0	Everyone is seeing a rise in their energy bills.
0:02.8	So try a few small changes this winter, which could save you a lot.
0:06.6	Like, switching off appliances instead of leaving them on standby.
0:10.6	Turning your thermostat down a degree,
0:12.6	ideally keeping it between a comfortable 18-21 degrees,
0:16.5	or using a lid on your pots and pans.
0:19.5	It only takes a little energy to save a lot.
0:22.4	For more energy-saving tips and advice,
0:24.8	visit saving-energy.co.uk.
0:27.8	Cadant, your gas network.
0:30.6	The windigo was gone to the point of emaciation.
0:34.3	Its desiccated skin pulled tightly over its bones.
0:38.4	With its bones pushing out against its skin,
0:40.9	its complexion, the ash-gray of death,
0:44.0	and its eyes pushed back deep into their sockets.
0:47.4	The windigo looked like a gaunt skeleton recently disinterred from the grave.
0:52.2	What lips it had were tattered and bloody.
0:55.6	Its body was unclean and suffering from superrations of the flesh,
1:00.8	giving off a strange and eerie odor of decay and decomposition,
1:06.8	of death and corruption.
1:09.8	Welcome to National Park After Dark.
1:34.5	Hello everyone and welcome back to National Park After Dark.
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