Welcome back to Spookish Season 3! We are kicking off the new season with an episode on the Wendigo! Heather teaches of its origins in folklore, references in pop culture, and modern day sightings. Listen now!
Music via FesliyanStudios
Sources for today’s episode:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Algonquin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_people
http://www.native-languages.org/algonquin-legends.htm
http://www.native-languages.org/windigo.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1xCrsKIB24
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/religion-and-philosophy/wendigo-folklore#:~:text=Another%20common%20version%20states%20that,warning%20against%20resorting%20to%20cannibalism.
https://www.mpm.edu/educators/wirp/nations/ojibwe/oral-tradition#:~:text=She%20took%20these%20home%20with,Heights%20IL:%20Waveland%20Press.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgK0iZStpNA
https://www.facinghistory.org/ideas-week/more-monsters-deeper-significance-wendigo-stories
https://www.iflscience.com/how-wendigo-psychosis-turns-people-into-cannibals-possessed-by-flesh-eating-monsters-71376
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/religion-and-philosophy/wendigo-folklore#:~:text=Another%20common%20version%20states%20that,warning%20against%20resorting%20to%20cannibalism.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10685673/
https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/10597tx/how_my_father_survived_an_encounter_with_a_wendigo/
Wendigo Encounter. : r/ParanormalReddit · r/Paranormal50+ comments · 2 years ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/scarystories/comments/bwr7w9/wendigo_story/
https://www.reddit.com/r/cryptids/comments/z0sx25/me_my_girlfriend_and_her_mom_just_encountered_a/