Episode 254: The Wendigo

Sinisterhood

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True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

A terrifying presence in the northeastern woodlands, this fearsome creature is most often seen in winter, targeting solo travelers who have lost contact with their groups. The hunger and isolation of the Canadian cold season drives this giant beast with jagged teeth to consume human flesh. Are the forests truly being stalked by otherworldly creatures? Is are real monsters actually just our fellow humans? Or is the truth somewhere in between? This week’s episode is the Wendigo.

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0:00.0	A terrifying presence in the northeastern woodlands, this fearsome creature is most often
0:04.6	seen in winter, targeting solo travelers who've lost contact with their groups.
0:09.4	The hunger and isolation of the Canadian cold season drives this giant beast with jagged
0:14.8	teeth to consume human flesh.
0:17.7	Are the forests truly being stalked by other worldly creatures?
0:21.5	Are the real monsters actually just our fellow humans?
0:24.7	Or is the truth somewhere in between?
0:27.5	This week's episode is The Wendigo.
0:57.5	Well, thank you to our Getting Into It subscribers on Patreon for voting on this topic.
1:13.6	This was this month's topic they got to vote on.
1:16.3	It was this Flatwoods Monsters Crackin and Windigo won out, so here you are.
1:22.5	Yes, and thanks to everybody who has submitted Windigo as a topic suggestion for a long
1:27.0	time.
1:28.0	One that we've been meaning to cover, and we're like, it's time for a cryptid, and people
1:31.9	have spoken in its time to cover the Windigo.
1:35.2	I didn't know much about this whenever we started, but Paris got very stoked when I told
1:39.2	him because he loves the PBS show Monstrum with Dr. Emily Zarka, and he was like, Dr.
1:45.3	Emily Zarka has a thing on it.
1:46.8	I was like, you should only get your cryptid news from me, but that's fine, mom kidding.
1:51.0	I love her and I love Monstrum.
1:52.7	It's like bite size.
1:53.7	It's like eight minutes of like stuff you need to know.
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