The Wendigo: Terrifying Truth Behind the Legend

Welcome back everyone, and hello to new viewers, this week we're exploring the story of the Wendigo, and the terrifying truth behind the legend.

🙏 Thank you to... @nonablouin2606 and 2 others who wanted to remain anonymous for requesting this video.

Story in the video based on 'The Wendigo' a novella by Algernon Blackwood, first published in The Lost Valley and Other Stories (Eveleigh Nash, 1910).

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⏳CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introduction to the Wendigo
00:39 - The Unseen Presence
02:10 - Venturing Deeper
05:04 - Whispers in the Night
06:06 - The Vanishing
08:31 - Echoes in the Forest
10:24 - A New Perspective
14:02 - The Cry in the Wilderness
16:58 - The Horror Unveiled
20:14 - The End of the Journey
23:00 - The Wendigo
26:43 - Is the Windigo Real?

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[Chiller]

The Wendigo is a creature that warns against the irreversible consequences of resorting to cannibalism in the face of winter deprivation. Such starvation posed a real threat if a community did not prepare for and conserve its resources during the long winters experienced in the Great Lakes basin.

[THE-X-Force]

Beware the moon’s pale glow, my friend,
For the Wendigo’s haunt knows no end.
In the silent night, its mournful cries,
Echo through the forest, where darkness lies.

With antlered crown and eyes aflame,
The Wendigo roams for blood to drain.
It feasts on lost souls, whispers of dread,
with a hunger unyielding, a hunger undead.

[moojuicemajik]

I first heard this when I was a little kid, I have retold it a bunch of times and every time no one seems to have heard it, its nice to know I wasnt imagining this story's existence!

[ObitoUchiha-hy]

I love watching this. I love history so much ❤️ it's so reassuring and good to know what your talking about.

[kendrastrange]

I think Ravenous showed it best. They didn’t look like anything but people if they had humans to eat but were clearly changed.

[office-zombie-UK]

Absolutely brilliant. I loved watching that from start to finish. 🎉

[maxasaurus]

I really approve of the description of true wilderness as indifferent, very apt.

[justinisenberg]

Even more fascinating than the Wendigo story is how many different ways this AI voice can say DeFago 😂

[LeighB-fc]

I'm so excited that you did this, Sir Ed!! Saturday morning teatime bonus! ☕️💜

[heathermauldin]

I've written two books focussed on the wendigo that I will not publish. The story of this monster is the First Nation's/Native American's to tell, not mine.
Thank you for including Basil Johnson in in your research. I, pardon the expression, devoured everything he has written when I wrote my books. There's a really good book on wendigo psychosis or "wendigo fever" called Dangerous Spirits. It's a really good book.
Does Wendigo (the Manitou) exist? Of course, but why don't cannibals turn into giant gaunt raving monsters? Easy... We, humans, are eating our Mother (Earth). The spirit doesn't have to possess anyone. We're doing his evil without provocation.

[jackmambawitsin]

This one was more spooky than normal. DeFago flying in the trees caught me off guard lol. Fun storytelling :)

[gemfanclub]

*Hooray!!* I saw the title and clicked immediately!! ❤🎉

[IronBoulder]

Interesting how Defago's name is pronounced differently even 5 seconds apart at times.

[MarxRoyce]

a short film called Miner's Mountain probably the closest depiction of survivors resorting to cannibalism then turned monsters due to long term deficiencies.

In the comments of the film(on Youtube)people say that the 2 survivors(killers) are Wendigos

[susanbutler]

Thank you very much. Great story.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[hyugalubbok]

did you know Blackwood has inspired H.P Lovecraft??

[SkinWalkerDemonSpirt]

I've never heard of a wendigo. Sounds pretty cool though.

[MrAdriancooke]

I have always wanted to journey through The Canadian Wilderness: it's like a kind of northern paradise to me

[nonablouin]

Oh yeah oh yeah uh-huh your the best Eddie 🎉 thank you 🎉 love the illustration's .

[jacobsummerlin]

This was in a book of Scary stories I read as a kid. I was 8 or 9, I'm 49 now. This was the first time I heard the name wendigo. The other stories about cannibalism was way after. But to me this one is far creepier.