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Wendigo the Winter Cannibal Giant
Wendigo the Winter Cannibal Giant
Written By Mister Gu on Thursday, December 8, 2011 | 2:21 PM
Wendigo is a Native American name for a Winter Cannibal Giant in northern North America. The name derives from the Ojibwa language for “Wiindigoo”, originally used by the Algonquian Indians tribe of the northern forests, they believed that Wendigo were cannibalistic giants with supernatural powers, one of which was the ability to possess people and turn them into Wendigo. The creature has various