Ready to get cryptid?

Turns out North America's a treasure trove

of spooky legends and supernatural tales.

There are hundreds of different American Indian tribes

and almost all of them have histories

full of pre-colonization monsters and supernatural entities.

From the well-known skinwalkers and thunderbirds

to the lesser known flying heads and stone giants,

dived into a handful of these legends today.

We're also gonna dig a bit into the diversity

of American Indian peoples.

Give a little lay of the land to help understand

where all these stories come from.

Stories seem to revolve mostly around cannibalism.

Seriously, apparently cannibalism was rampant

at one time in North America.

We're gonna be diving mainly into the spaces

where the latest chosen topic today,

the tale of the Wendigo.

The Wendigo originates in the lore of tribes

like the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Algonquin.

Wendigo roughly translates to the evil spirit

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