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Horror Story: Ghosts, Mysteries, and Hauntings

Legend of the Wendigo: Flesh-Eating Creatures From North America

Horror Story: Ghosts, Mysteries, and Hauntings

Horror Stories

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.6668 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

The Wendigo is a creature or evil spirit from Native American folklore that is said to lurk in the northern parts of Minnesota and Canada that can make its victims become ravenous cannibals.

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0:00.0

A man named Gino Mekis and his wife, along with her grandson, were out in the forest of northwestern Ontario,

0:14.1

far away from one of the closest towns, which probably meant they were about 50 kilometers away from anybody.

0:22.5

When people think about the Canadian wilderness, this is what they're visualizing.

0:27.7

Lush forests, greenery, and nobody around for miles.

0:33.3

Now, Gino was a hunter, and he had been that for a long time in that region.

0:38.9

Living in a place with moose, black bears, and wolves, and having to watch out for them was common.

0:44.8

And according to the article from the Guardian, where I'm getting this information from,

0:49.1

Gino said, quote,

0:51.2

I've heard many different animals in the wild, but nothing like this.

0:56.2

I grew up hunting with my grandfather for the first 12 years of my life.

1:00.8

You could hear it moving.

1:03.1

Sounded kind of heavy.

1:05.9

My wife, she got scared, picked up our grandson, and started walking fast toward the vehicle.

1:12.4

This was what he told, CTV news.

1:16.1

But what did he hear?

1:20.7

Fortunately for us, Gino was able to pull out his phone and begin recording the strange sounds.

1:26.1

We have a sample of the eerie audio he caught. The footage started circling around the internet, serving as proof of the existence of the Sasquatch or something else.

2:11.8

In this episode, we explore perhaps one of the most mysterious creatures that is said to lurk in the dark,

2:17.6

deep in the woods of Minnesota and the forests in the Great Lake region,

2:22.4

as well as Central Canada.

2:25.6

This is the legend of the Wendigo.

2:30.3

My name is Edwin, and here's a dark memory.

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