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196 - The Wendigo and Other American Indian Folklore Monsters

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The First Man to Be Hanged in the Province of Alberta

Swift runner was a cree hunter trapper from the country north of fort edmonton. He and his family lived in the woods near fort, saskatchewan. Swift runner claim to the police that his wife, brother, mother in law and six kids died of starvation. After eating some of own son, swift runner, i mean, the when to go, hung his infant son by his neck from a lodge pole,. pulled down at the baby's dangling feet until he'd asphyxiated him. Then he ate his own baby. And supposedlyi i'm not making this up, supposedy he told the officers that his mother in law, to quote, a bit tough.

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