Blogpost #8: Strange Mental Illnesses

A mental disorder is a mental or bodily condition marked primarily  by sufficient disorganization of personality, mind, and emotions to seriously impair the psychological functioning of the individual.

There are a lot of known and common mental disorders such as bulimia,anorexia, and etc. But what my newest blog entry will behold several strange mental disorders that most likely you haven't heard of.

There was an article entitled, "5 Strangest Mental Disorders" by an anonymous writer in the site psychdegrees.org. The first disorder that was expounded was the Cotard's Syndrome aka Walking Corpse Syndrome. This is a mental disorder that makes the sufferer believe that they are dead, all their blood and organs are gone, and their soul has been removed. The second one was Synesthesia. It is an anomalous blending of the senses. The sufferers hear colors, feel sounds, and taste shapes. The third one is my topic of course, The Windigo Psychosis. And I assume you already know what it is from reading my previous blogpost but for the newbie's sake. I will summarize what it is. Windigo Psychosis is a culture-bound disorder that urges a person to become like a windigo (cannibal). The next disorder is called, Capgras Syndrome. It is a rare delusion in which a person falsely believes their loved one has been replaced by an impostor. Lastly, there is the Alien Hand Syndrome. A neurological disorder in which one hand functions involuntarily with the victim completely.

According to the anonymous writer, "Such mental illnesses has a ratio of 1:5 regarding American citizens and women are more prone to these disorders than men. Serious mental illness is defined by moderate - extreme impairment of 1-4 of the following: Feeling/mood, thinking, family, role performance and self care."

People with mental disorders should be treated with care and precaution. There are no exact ways to prevent this form happening but to be sure. Consult a doctor when you feel or think of something that's unnatural or odd for even you can handle.

There was another article entitled, "10 Incredibly Strange Brain Disorders" by Esther Arkell in io9.com. Astasia-Abasia patients are always on the verge of falling, Anosognia patients are unable to recognize their own injuries, Broca's Aphasia patients are able to do everything but speak, and Palinopsia patients literally cannot unsee things. We have all experienced staring at an intense light and seeing it afterwards in a different location but with Palinopsia patients, they see this for several days. Dysmimia or Amimia patients cannot comprehend hand gestures, Verbal Dysdecorum patients can't censor themselves, Dysantigraphia patients can't copy handwriting, Amelodia Patients cannot name tunes, Anhedonia patients can't take pleasure in anything, and lastly, Jargonaphasia. It is when a patient has lost the ability to form words entirely, and only utters a string of sounds that don't resemble words at all. For some it's when patients speak words, but without any sentence structure or grammar to give them meaning. The last understanding of the term is the most interesting. Patients can be said to be suffering from jargonaphasia when they incessantly use platitudes, cliches, and pleasantries to cover the fact that they're saying nothing.

According to Thomas R. Insel, "We are really at the cusp of a revolution in the way we think about the brain and behavior, partly because of technological breakthroughs. We're finally able to answer some of the fundamental questions."

Though a lot of mental disorders emerged throughout the years. But science and medicine have figured a lot of ways to cure them. If not cure, then cheat. People who experience mental disorders commonly commit suicide but

Blogpost #7: Windigo Psychosis Cases

Scrolling through articles in the internet that are associated with cannibalism is not a fun thing to do. I have encountered seeing people slicing through other people's body parts and eating them. But fortunately, I could stomach it all in.

I have read many accounts of cannibalism but I could only pinpoint a few that could be counted or could be suspected as Windigo Psychosis. The most popular and documented account of Windigo Psychosis is the Runner's mass murder case but I've already talked about that in my first blogpost. So here are a two cases that caught my eye.

There was an article entitled, "Vince Weiguang Li" by Juan Blanco in murderpedia.com. The murder of Mr. McLean occured on the evening of July 30, 2008. McLean, a 22-year-old Canadian man, was stabbed, beheaded and cannibalized while riding a Greyhound Canada bus about 30 km west of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba traveling the Trans Canada Highway. On March 5, 2009, McLean's killer, 40-year-old Vince Weiguang Li was found to be not criminally responsible for murder and was remanded to a high-security mental health facility where he currently resides.

According to witnesses, McLean was sleeping with his headphones on when the man sitting next to him suddenly produced a large knife and began stabbing McLean in the neck and chest. The attacker then decapitated McLean and displayed his severed head to other passengers outside who had fled the bus in horror. The driver and two other men had attempted to rescue McLean but were chased away by Li, who slashed wildly at them from behind the locked bus doors. Li then went back to the body and began severing other body parts and consuming some of McLean's flesh.

Li's trial commenced with Li pleading not criminally responsible. The psychiatrist said that Li performed the attack because God's voice told him McLean was a force of evil and was about to execute him. The presiding judge accepted the diagnosis, and ruled that Li was not criminally responsible for the killing. Li was remanded to the Selkirk Mental Health Center. Though he had not fully emerged from the psychotic phase, the psychiatrist said that Li was beginning to realize what he had done, though he could not accept that he cannibalized McLean.

According to the witness Garnet Caton, "There was no rage or anything. He was like a robot, stabbing the guy," and "I got sick after I saw the head thing. Some people were puking, some people were crying, some people were shocked. [The attacker] just looked at us and dropped the head on the ground, totally calm."

The coincidences are uncanny if you compare this crime to Windigo Psychosis. First of, Li seemed like he was possessed by something as he was stabbing McLean's body repeatedly. Caton's statement was that Li was calmly stabbing him like he was a robot. In his interview, he said that he heard the voice of God. Maybe it wasn't God, maybe he was possessed by a malevolent spirit that turns people into windigos. It could be a possibility. Second, after the kill. Li digested McLean's flesh and decapitated his head. Windigo Psychosis makes a person violent and makes a person crave for human flesh. And lastly, Li wasn't put to jail for his crime but he was sent to a mental facility. And Windigo Psychosis is a mental disorder. 

There was another article entitled, "Dictionary of Canadian Biography" by James R. Stevens. Jack Fiddler or Zhauwuno-geezhigo-gaubow was a shaman and leader of the Sucker clan, a group of Cree living in the forest off of Sandy Lake in northwestern Ontario. He was a wendigo hunter who killed people suspected of windigo psychosis because it was a threat to the other tribe members. Along with his brother Joseph, who assisted Jack’s mercy killings.

In early 1907, two members of the North-West Mounted Police visiting Island Lake heard of Jack Fiddler's power against the wendigo from Norman Rae, an in-law of the Fiddlers. Seeking to introduce Canadian law in the North, the Mounties went to the Sucker camp at Deer Lake and arrested Jack and Joseph Fiddler for murder. The elderly brothers were charged with murdering Wahsakapeequay, Joseph's daughter-in-law, the year before. They were held at Norway House to await trial. Meanwhile, newspapers across Canada picked up the story and printed sensational headlines of murder and devil-worship. Across the country, people demanded convictions, while the police conducting the trial saw an opportunity for fame and advancement. On September 30, Jack Fiddler escaped captivity during a walk outside. He hanged himself nearby and was found dead later in the day. Less than a month later, Joseph Fiddler was brought to trial in the court of Commissioner Aylesworth Bowen Perry.

According to Methodist missionary Joseph Albert George Lousley, “He has not the slightest sign of enmity or hatred towards men nor God, no rebellion or unbelief, he is a quiet dignified man who has lived his life with a clear conscience.”

Jack and Joseph Fiddler only wanted to protect their tribe members from their belief of a person becoming a wendigo. But all of the people they have killed were only presumed to have windigo psychosis. There were no actual and relevant proof for them to be executed. But because of their strong beliefs, they have taken away lives at their hands. Which is a valid reason for them to be put to jail. 

Blogpost #6: Counterparts of a Windigo

A lot of mythical creatures and topic of legends have a lot of counterparts. Zeus' counterpart is Jupiter and Poseidon's counterpart is Neptune. Though most of the characteristics are similar, there are still a few that differs it because of other cultural influences that occurred as these ideas were exploited throughout the world.

I've compared and contrasted various mythical creatures and came up with valid counterparts of a Windigo.

There was an article entitled, "Jokao" written by an anonymous author in the site mythicalcreatureslist.com. It is said that Jokaos are a race of cannibals from the myths of the Iroquois and Seneca Native Americans. They look human but their skin are covered with stone scales. They were once humans but during a harsh Winter their hunger caused them to eat other humans which is just like the how windigos are born. There was one Jokao that became aware of what he had become and he was filled with regret. He ran south away from the lands of the Jokao until a large deep river blocked his path. He called for help; a man in a canoe came to him and offered him hot deer fat. When the Jokao drank this, his scales melted away and he was human again.

According to Christopher Golden in his book "The Lost Ones", "They were called Stonecoats because their bodies were entirely covered in rocky armor. Their eyes were like pure quartz crystal. Whether there was flesh beneath theit Stonecoats was the subject of great conjecture."

Stonecoats or Jokaos are similar in a way that they both originated in Native American legend and both of them are cannibalistic creatures. Their differences however is windigos are creatures associated with ice while the stonecoats are associated with a rocky armor. Both of these creatures are commonly created during harsh winters. The Stonecoats can change back to humans while the Windigo cannot.

There was another creature that counts as a counterpart of a Windigo and it is called Rugaru. The article entitled "What is a Rugaru, and where did the concept of them originate" was written by an author with a psudoname, Alrwolf. The Rugaru, has been associated with the legendary cannibalistic Native American windigos. The stories of the windigo vary by tribe and region, but the most common cause of the change is typically related to cannibalism.

An example is that if a person sees a rugaru, that person will be transformed into one. Thereafter, the unfortunate victim will be doomed to wander in the form of this monster. That rugaru story bears some resemblance to a Native American version of the windigo legend related in a short story by Algernon Blackwood. In Blackwood's fictional adaptation of the legend, seeing a windigo causes one to turn into a windigo.

According to Peter Matthiessen, "The Rugaru is a separate legend from that of the cannibal-likegiant wendigo. While the wendigo is feared, the rugaru is seen as sacred and in tune with Mother Earth, somewhat like bigfoot legends are today."

Rugarus have a lot of places where its legend are known. There are legends of it in France, Louisiana, and in America. Rugaru can be counted as a counterpart of a wendigo because it first of all, it is cannibalistic. Second, the method of a man's transformation to a Rugaru is similar to how a wendigo itransforms from a human. And lastly, both of them have no cure. The ones who already transformed into a monster cannot be turned back to his or her human form. There maybe a lot of legends that are associated as a windigo counterpart such as the Jenu, Atshen, Gici Awas that I was not able to explain further because the articles lack certain information.

Blogpost #5: Windigo, Windigo Psychosis and Cannibalism-Inspired Art (Literature, Film, etc)

There is always a pinch of goodness in everything no matter how bad it is or how bad it gets. I've been consistent about the bad traits of Windigo Psychosis. How it makes humans crave for human flesh and how it morbid it is. But regardless of how gruesome it is. This disorder inspired people to make profit out of them.

In literature, film, and painting, Windigos and Windigo Psychosis could abundantly be found. 

There was an article entitled, "Wendigo - Cannibalistic Spirit" from the site wordpress.com that was written by T.F. Walsh. Wendigos have been referred to in literature for many decades, most notably in Algernon Blackwood’s 1910 story “The Wendigo,” which introduced the legend to horror fiction, and in Stephen King’s novel Pet Cemetery, recently they have become something of a stock character in horror and fantasy films and television, along the lines of werewolves and vampires. Appearances include the movies Wendigo and Ravenous and in episodes of the television series Blood Ties, Charmed, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Supernatural, and others. They also appear as characters in a number of computer and video games, including Final Fantasy, The Legend of Dragoon, and the Warcraft Universe, as well as role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons. Additionally, there is a Marvel Comics character known as “Wendigo”. They are referenced in music as well: the Cree singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie’s song “The Priests Of The Golden Bull” asserts that the “money junkies” of the world are Wendigos.

According to Blackwood's book entitled, Wendigo, "That same instant old Punk started for home. He covered the entire journey of three days as only Indian blood could have covered it. The terror of a whole race drove him. He knew what it all meant. Défago had seen the Wendigo."

Wendigos though gruesome and immoral. They are still used as science fiction characters in different forms of art such as literature, film, and music. Windigos can be diverse creatures. There are a lot of varieties and legends that you could choose from regarding the windigo. Maybe that's why people get intrigued by it and makes it a subject of their own enigmatic and strange masterpiece. Though Windigos are foul and merciless creatures, we still acknowledge it. It's amazing how us human beings could make something good out of something bad. Kudos to the one who conceptualized making the wendigo as a good character, a hero for a change. 

Another article that I've read was entitled, "Taboo and Truth in Cannibal Holocaust" by Jennifer Brown. Cannibalism in popular culture is a cliche and recurring theme, especially within the horror and gore genre. Artists who have worked with the topic of cannibalism include Ruggero Deodato, Herschell Gordon Lewis and Bret Easton Ellis.

Many works in popular culture depict groups of people for whom cannibalism is a cultural norm. A lot of horror films, known as cannibal films, have over-used the theme of cannibal tribes. This subgenre experienced a period of popularity through the work of Italian filmmakers in the 1970s and 1980s. These films commonly concern the discovery of cannibalistic tribes by documentary filmmakers or anthropologists. The best known of these films was Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust. Later horror films to feature cannibal groups include The Hills Have Eyes series, with its clan of cannibalistic savages, and the cannibalistic mountain men of Wrong Turn and its sequels. In the science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein, some human culture is transformed as a result of the Martians' practice of eating one's dead friends as an act of great respect. 

Popular culture depictions of cannibalism sometimes involve people who are unaware of their act, and have been served human flesh by a murderous host. In Greek mythology, Tantalus served the Olympian gods the flesh of his son, Pelops. None of the gods were fooled except for Demeter, who ate part of his shoulder. In another myth, the Thracian king Tereus raped his wife Procne's sister Philomela and cut out her tongue to prevent her from telling anyone. Philomela nevertheless notified Procne, who gained her revenge by serving Tereus the flesh of their son, Itys. The victims of legendary murderer Sweeney Todd are baked into meat pies, which are then sold in the streets of London. A variation on this theme occurs in The Untold Story series of Category 3 films. In William Shakespeare's late 16th century play Titus Andronicus, the character Tamora is unknowingly served a pie made from the remains of her two sons. In C. S. Lewis's The Silver Chair, the protagonists stay in a castle of Narnian giants, who serve them venison. It is revealed that the venison came from a talking stag, which in Narnia is tantamount to cannibalism. 

According to  Ruggero Deodato, in explaining how to eat a human being. "First you take the liver out, then you open the rib cage and take the innards out. Then you fill it with hot stones and aromatic herbs …"

He didn't actually ate a human being but that's how he explained it during filming his movie. A lot of films, books, and other works of art have been inspired by gruesome death and cannibalism. It's odd because we get ideas such as those to create something that will entertain people. That will satisfy their sadistic nature and this genre is being overused. A lot of movies that involves cannibalism rotates on one concept. A group gets lost in the middle of nowhere, finds themselves in the midst of cannibals, gets eaten, and dies. I've been watching those kinds of movies since I was in high school and got sick of it. 

Blogpost #4: Cannibalism

There are meat lovers and vegetarians. But if you eat the flesh of humans, you're in the cannibal category, my friend.

Cannibals and people diagnosed with Windigo Psychosis have a certain thing in common, they both crave for the taste of human flesh.

There was an article that I've read entitled, "Ten Things You've Always Wondered About Cannibalism" from the site www.businessinsider.com which was written by Lauren Brown. Cannibalism was practiced since the time of the Homo Antecessor, the link between the Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. And it still practiced by some people today. There is no law against the consumption of human flesh. Most criminals who commit this usually gets charged of murder and necrophilia. No one really knows the real reason of why people resort to cannibalism even though food sources are available. Aside from ritualistic and survival cannibalism, there's only speculation as to why criminal cannibalism occurs. Psychologists have speculated that it may relate to childhood trauma relating to separation anxiety from the mother and resulting oral aggression.There are references to cannibalism have to do with the siege of Jerusalem and what would happen if the Israelites disobeyed God. The article also states that, humans taste like pork. In some of the most horrific cases, are elements of sexual cannibalism where people derive sexual satisfaction from fantasizing about and consuming humans.

According to Miewes in the trials in 2004 and 2006: "I had always dreamt of having a younger brother—someone to be part of me—and I become fascinated with cannibalism as a way to fulfill that obsession."

Cannibalism have been part of our lives since then old days. But through our evolution, this has lessened. There are a lot of theories why cannibalism occurs but none of those actually were actually proven to be a hundred percent true. It's scary because one little thought could eventually make a cannibal. I wouldn't want to be one.

In another article entitled, "Facts About Cannibalism" that was written anonymously in the site of natgeov.com. The term Cannibalism originated from the Carib Indians of the Caribbean. The Carib Indians were accused by their neighbors as being very fierce and of eating people. The Spanish had a problem pronouncing the letter 'r' in Carib, so this became 'Canib' and eventually 'Canibales'. Suprisingly, those who have bitten their fingernails or eaten a bit of our own hair can be counted as a type of cannibal. Also known as auto cannibalism or self cannibalism.Even fairy tales have cannibals. In Snow White, the wicked stepmother wanted to eat Snow Whites heart, the giant in Jack and the Beanstalk ate English men and Hansel and Gretel were captured by an evil child eating witch. The Aztecs are believed to have engaged in Cannibalism in order to appease their Gods. In 1972 an airplane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team across the Andes crashed. Those who didn't die were forced to eat the other victims in order to survive. There is a cannibalistic practice known as Ko Ku and Ko Kan occurred in China. Children would donate parts of their body such as their liver to their sick parents. A Princess called Miao Chuang surrendered her severed hands to her ailing father, after which she was deified. There are many different forms of Cannibalism. Some of the less documented forms include Gastronomic cannibalism which is non survival cannibalism, medicinal cannibalism which involves the consumption of human tissues or bone for medical purposes and sadistic cannibalism which is the killing and eating of individuals out of sadistic or psycho pathological motives.

In a video that was also in this page. There was a man who dared to experience living with cannibals in Papua New Guinea. His name was Piers Gibbon, a reporter and an adventurer. He came to find tribe members who ate human flesh and meets with members of the once-feared Biami tribe and witnesses their ritual techniques.

According to Gibbon regarding to his experience of seeing those people eat human flesh, "It's a fine line to tread between seeing just that which is shocking and trying to put it into context."

Well, Gibbon is certainly proved that he is a brave, curious, and open-minded man because of what he did. He explored and saw the ultimate taboo being practiced. I couldn't stomach much of the content but I've learned enough. Cannibalism is something that has been around a thousand years ago and has been practiced by our ancestors yet we consider it as a wrong thing to do which is ironic. Because they've done it, why can't we? I'm not saying that we should be cannibals or anything because I find it really disgusting. But how came something that was done years and years back is considered wrong today? I just hope that cannibalism wouldn't be our last resort.

Blogpost #3: Windigo Psychosis and Other Culture Bound Disorders

   A lot of us are familiar with the disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, and dementia because these disorders are very common. And is experienced throughout the nation and all over the globe. But in this blogpost, I will introduce several disorders that will shatter your innocence about culture bound disorders.

   Culture bound disorders or also known as culture specific disorders or folk illnesses are the disorders that only a specific culture can develop or obtain . These disorders might be similar in many cultures but have different names.

   In an article that I've read that was entitled, "Conceptions of Mental Illness: Cultural Perspectives and Treatment Implications" from the website www.fcas.nova.edu which was written by Lena Hall. More than 30 culture-bound disorders or folk illnesses have been reported in the clinical and research literature. However only a few receive the most attention and are well known. And it included Windigo Psychosis. Windingo Psychosis is a culture-bound syndrome of obsession for human flesh and it involves disgust for ordinary food and feelings of depression and anxiety, leading to possession by the witiko spirit (a giant man-eating monster) and often resulting in homicide and cannibalism. It occurs among Canadian Indians and has been construed as a severe form of starvation anxiety. If a cure is not reached, the witiko sufferer often pleads for death to avert his cannibalistic desire.

   Other disorders are "Amok" (involves wild behavior in a limited duration), "Brain fag" (involves problems in academic learning), "Koro" (involves the sensation that one's penis is retracting into the abdomen and the belief that when fully retracted, death will result), Ghost Sickness (involves weakness and dizziness resulting from the action of witches and evil forces) and many more.

   According to Andrew Colman in his book, Dictionary of Psychology: "Culture-bound syndromes are patterns of behavior that do not fit accordingly into normal classifications of mental disorders. They are entirely or mainly restricted to particular cultural groups."

   Different cultures have different perspectives in which specific practice or thing is acceptable or not. For example, in the Philippines it is normal and acceptable to kiss the hand of your elderly which is also called as "mano" while in other countries it is not. Every culture has its own disorders that are different to one another but can also be similar. That are not considered as universal that is why they are called culture bound disorders.

   In another article entitled, "Introduction to Culture-bound Syndromes" from the site mnstate.edu written by Ronald C. Simons. Culture bound disorders are really complex but it also teaches us a lesson. In considering the situation of a suffering human being, especially if the goal is to remove or cure that suffering, it is vital to consider not only the physiology, but also culturally significant beliefs and practices.

   According to Dr. Simons, "In theory, culture-bound syndromes are those folk illnesses in which alterations of behavior and experience figure prominently. In actuality, however, many are not syndromes at all. Instead, they are local ways of explaining any of a wide assortment of misfortunes."

   Culture bound disorders are not necessarily disorders. These are the products of a certain strong belief of something such as Windigos that's why when someone breaks a taboo of eating human flesh, they consider that someone to be possessed by windigo and diagnose him with windigo psychosis. Its normal to their culture but not to the other  cultures, that's why they've included it as a culture-bound disorder.

Blogpost #2: The Windigo's Myth

Imagine yourself lost in the depths of the forest, then you feel a sensation of someone or something watching. Beware, traveler. It could be a bear, a mountain lion, or even worse, you're worst nightmare. A windigo.

In this blogpost, you will be introduced to the actual fearsome creature known as the Windigo where the Windigo Psychosis got its name from.

I've read an article entitled, "Creatures: Supernatural, Sci-fi, and Fantasy Beings" from the site blogspot.com which was written by Lauren. It said that the windigo has a variety of names such as wendigo, witigo, witiko, wee-tee-go, windago, wihtikow, weendigo, waindigo, and windiga. And all these names closely translate to "the evil that devours" which originated in the Algonquian mythology. They are believed to inhabit the norther woods of Minnesota and in the northern regions of Canada. A wendigo was once a man who turns into a cannibal to survive. It is said that if a man consumes human flesh, he would gain supernatural abilities like unfathomable speed, enhanced strength and immortality. It could also imitate human voices to lure their victims. And as he obtains more human flesh, he becomes less of a human. The windigo symbolizes greed and gluttony that's why it is associated with always being hungry and never satisfied after every kill. It is said that windigos are vulnerable to with protective circles, can be injured by silver tipped bows and arrows (much like of a werewolf) and can be killed by fire.

According to, Basil Johnston, as I've mentioned in my previous blogpost: "The Weendigo was gaunt to the point of emaciation, its desiccated skin pulled tautly over its bones. With its bones pushing out against its skin, its complexion the ash gray of death, and its eyes pushed back deep into their sockets, the Weendigo looked like a gaunt skeleton recently disinterred from the grave. What lips it had were tattered and bloody [....] Unclean and suffering from suppurations of the flesh, the Weendigo gave off a strange and eerie odor of decay and decomposition, of death and corruption."

The legends really emphasized the windigo as a blood-thirsty creature. Well, as far as all the articles I've read, it's true. It feeds on human flesh and never stops craving for murder because it can never be satisfied with all the lives that it feeds on. And that is its curse.

In another article that I've read that was entitled, "Wendigo" from monsterpedia.org that was written by an anonymous author. It says that in the tribes of Native Americans who spoke Algonquian, the windigo is a malevolent supernatural creature. It is usually described as a giant, estimated to be 15 feet tall with a heart of ice and sometimes it is thought to be entirely made of ice. Its body is skeletal and deformed, with missing lips and toes. According to Native American mythology, it can be killed by shattering its heart of ice. The early accounts of the windigo myth by explorers and missionaries date back to the 17th century. They described it generally as a werewolf.

Different origins of the windigo are portrayed in various mythologies and legends. The first one was, a hunter may become the windigo when encountering it in the forest at night, or when becoming possessed by its spirit in a dream. When the cannibalistic element of the myth is stressed, it is assumed that anyone who eats corpses in a famine becomes a Windigo as a result. The only way to destroy a Windigo is to melt its heart of ice. Another one was, a windigo will follow a lone wanderer for a long time. When the prey becomes suspicious and turns around the Wendigo always manages to get out of sight by hiding behind a tree. After a while the followed person starts to become hysterical and runs until he makes an error. The windigo then strikes. If someone actually survives a windigo attack they get the windigo-fever: after a night of nightmares and pain in their legs, windigo-fevered people strip themselves naked and run into the forest screaming. And lastly, in Cree mythology, the Windigo was a man-eating monster that was killed by the trickster hero Wesakechak and an ermine which he persuaded to help him.

According to, the Canadian poet George Bowering in his poem 'Windigo' he describes it as this:

"His huge round eyes

 bulge out of his head, lidless eyes
 rolling in red blood of pain,
 always rolling, blood sockets
 behind them."

There are a lot of articles that describes a windigo. Some descriptions are very alike but some are not but only descriptions that is always constant is... the windigo is a vicious creature who eats human flesh. Who can never be satisfied with all the people it has killed because as it consumes humans, the more it gets stronger and faster. It's like the Windigo is the ultimate Id. In which the Id removes all the humanity and reasoning in a person's mind and thrives of from the pleasures of sadism.