The Wendigo is known to be a creature of indigenous folklore, but the psychosis that creates cannibals out of starvation victims has caused real deaths. The Donner Party wasn't the only group that fell on hard times during a challenging winter.

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https://thecinemaholic.com/susan-robin-bender-found-or-missing-is-she-dead-or-alive/

https://charleyproject.org/case/susan-robin-bender

Swift Runner by Colin A. Thomson

https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/wendigo

https://allthatsinteresting.com/wendigo

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/09/06/482952588/when-people-ate-people-a-strange-disease-emerged

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/kuru#:~:text=Kuru%20is%20a%20rare%20and,the%20highlands%20of%20New%20Guinea.

https://creemythology.weebly.com/cree-death.html

Music by Marc v/d Meulen