DLA 2017- Mythical Canadian Monsters - Wendigo Traditional Cache
DLA 2017- Mythical Canadian Monsters - Wendigo
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This Geocache is among many being hidden for Discover L&A Mega Event taking place on August 19th, 2017. All DLA2017 Geocaches will be published on August 15th, 2017 to allow time for non-locals to build PQ's and routes. DLA2017 participants are encouraged to wait till 9am on the day of the event to start finding them.
Wendigo, or sometimes windigo, is an evil human-like demon who, it was believed by the Algonquin tribes of the Great Lakes region of Canada, can turn humans into cannibals by possessing them. It was thought that a human could also become a wendigo just by participating in cannibalism, and as such, it was considered preferable by the native people to kill yourself rather than resort to cannibalism, if the necessity should arise.
Wendigos are easy to spot: They’re extremely tall and emaciated, with yellowed, rotting skin and sunken eyes, and they hang out in freezing forests, looking for people who might be starving enough to eat another person. The wendigo was also a symbol of greed, and the legend was clearly terrifying to some: In 1907, a Cree chief and medicine man named Jack Fiddler and his brother Joseph were charged with the murder of 14 people—the brothers claimed they were all wendigos or about to turn into them. Despite widespread appeals for his release, Jack either hung himself or died of consumption (sources differ) soon after, age 87.
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