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196 - The Wendigo and Other American Indian Folklore Monsters

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Weid Burning Feet - The Story of the Wendigo

The story follows a group of men on an expedition to find the legendary wendigo. One man, dafago, is seen limping away from camp with his feet burned and covered in black moss. The next day he sees defogo's tracks gradually morf into miniature duplicates of the beast tracks - but they are gone. Defago then staggers back at base camp looking delirious: "I'm starving for mas... Poil me some mars" A roaring wind sweeps the camp as something huge flies overhead; someone cries out 'windergo' before it thud-dumps onto the frozen ground. It was defago who saw the windo that had broken

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