In the winter of 1870, a man entered deep into the Canadian North with his family for hunting.

In the spring, however, only the man returned, and the story the man told afterward didn't seem right, prompting a search for the man's camp.

When his camp was finally discovered, it would be one of the most gruesome scenes in Canadian history, so much so that it almost intermingled with legend.

As a quick warning for the skeptics out there, you probably won't like how this story starts,

but I promise you if you stick with it, it comes around.

And as a warning, although the events are fleeting and nondescriptive, they are some of the most disturbing

covered in the channel, so your discretion is strongly advised. Deep in the frozen wilderness of the Canadian North, a legendary shadow lurks.

One not of a man or a beast, but of something

darker. Among the Kree and Algonquin peoples, stories of the shadow were whispered around

campfires told to children as warnings of what might happen when the human spirit

succumbs to greed, desperation, or hunger. And these tales, passed down through generations

cared a mixture of fear and reverence

for the entity they described. Known as the Wendigo, this shadow was more than a monster.

It was more like a cautionary specter that feasted on the fragility of the human soul.

The legends tell of its gaunt, towering form and blackened skin stretched thin over protruding

bones.

The Wendigo is also said to have moved on grotesque feet nearly a yard long with only a single

toe and its hideous fingers ended in claws that could disembowl a man with one swipe.

Its voice is also said to have boomed and echoed like thunder, striking fear into even the

bravest hunters, But more than its

appearance, it was the Wendigo's insatiable hunger that defined it. It was said to have a craving

for human flesh that drove it to commit acts so vile and unspeakable that they blurred

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