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Episode 18: Hunger Pains

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The Wendigo: A Monster That Cannot Be Satisfied

The Wendigo is a creature that was once human, but had been transformed by the hunger for human flesh into a monster. The most common name for these creatures among Native Americans is one we already know from popular culture. In Cree mythology, though, the Wendigo was simply a human who had become possessed by an evil spirit. It would take over and then turn its hatred toward the people around it.

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