The Wendigo

[jsilence418]

You will offend a lot of Jewish viewers with so much ham in that reading !

[archibald0dickworth]

it's an enderman

[shapman87]

i remember my dad telling me one night he was walking in the train tracks in the bush somewhere. and it was dark. so he walkin by himself, and then he heard something behind him and there was this big rock sitting there. something tried getting his attention by throwing a rock near behind him.and it came from the bush.he was creeped out and kept walking..no human could of done that or throw a big rock like that..well. Chuck Norris probably could. LOL

[shapman87]

i remember my dad telling me one night he was walking in the train tracks in the bush somewhere. and it was dark. so he walkin by himself, and then he heard something behind him and there was this big rock sitting there. something tried getting his attention by throwing a rock near behind him.and it came from the bush.he was creeped out and kept walking..no human could of done that or throw a big rock like that..well. Chuck Norris probably could. LOL

[ColtonStone]

I grew up in an American Indian home, and my father used to tell me stories of the great Thunderbirds, and the Wendigo. He always told me to respect the spirits, especially the Thunderbirds and the Wendigo. But no body believes in the spirits anymore, but it doesn't mean they aren't there....

[chickenwretch]

Damn that Wendigo! Where'd he go?

[razek666]

nice video very scary (:

[MrMollusk7]

Love this! Extremely subtle, but creepy nonetheless.

[sports4life85]

There was no 2:42.

[dltanner99]

Horror novel see video book trailer

[dethklok472]

a word to the wise never go to North woods of Minnesota unless you want this thing to kill you.

[MalcolmxDenny]

HOLY CRAP THE ENDING SCARED ME

[DevilhunterGaara1]

did he say saul?

[XOMartha44]

Best short story...ever. And the scariest. I've tried to write my own "version" of it, about a tidal wave that consumes a housing development thrown up on the edge of the sea, for "The View" (title). The cold...the terrible cold...Anyway, this is a very imaginative hommage to a great writer. Thanks

[XOMartha44]

Best short story...ever. And the scariest. I've tried to write my own "version" of it, about a tidal wave that consumes a housing development thrown up on the edge of the sea, for "The View" (title). The cold...the terrible cold...Anyway, this is a very imaginative hommage to a great writer.

[Bluebelle9289]

This movie made my skin crawl.

[Mider999]

If you do see a wendigo its suppose to be skinny as hell and gigantic. the shamans were suppose to protect there tribes from these things.

[zerowazhere]

tell me more about this wendigo

[creeper100]

Excellent video...the voice and words are perfect...when u can feel the chills of the story, that mean it awesome!!!

[oly355]

acerb45666555 is right, the wendigo is not a creature, it's a spirit. a spirit that takes someone mind and turn him into a it

[Ogopogo57]

@oly355

the Wendigo must've, in this case, posessed another person, and turn that person into a monster before the narrator encountered it. It can be both forms.

[oly355]

@Ogopogo57 what I meant, is that, even if someone doesn't change in form, a person can still become an animal minded. so, that's what I meant by "he to it"

[Fahstudios13579]

very erie and well done, leaves more to the imagination, unlike most films no adays, which is just straight forward hence special effects ruling over plot

[chainbluelightning1]

The best part about this video is how it looks almost like an x-ray throughout, blackness and the occasional flash of bone white tree branch. Good wilderness atmosphere. Somehow the crackle of a lonely campfire's flame is more frightening than the sound of a chainsaw.

[kmfdm5]

ahh the wendigo the native american equivalent of the lycanthrope

[conquestFCP]

Nothing like a werwolf. A Lycanthrope actually is someone who thinks they are a werewolf.

[kmfdm5]

well in the literal since of a lycanthrope yes but im talking about the myth for which the psychological condition is based off and they dont necessarily believe they are a werewolf they just behave feral.

[gorillaz2343]

@kmfdm5 yes im native american :D Lol i admire the wendigo very much

[kmfdm5]

oh? that so? well cmon man why do ya like the legend so much? lol

[gorillaz2343]

@kmfdm5 I dont know i just like cryptics and legends ya know what i mean?

[kmfdm5]

sweeet

[stayjit1]

I used to have a bad habit of taking long hikes in the forest by myself. This was in Nova Scotia.One day I 'felt' something in an area..I did not read the legend of the Wendigo until years later, I really have no name for the presence that was there.I suppose 'wendigo' will do. But whatever it was, I dont want to meet it again.

[TH3SK8ERB0Y]

that happened 2 me when i was walking on a trail trying 2 catch up with my cuzin 2 chill out or w/e but i heard vioces something behind me and it was the scariest shit ever so i ran so fast i dont now how fast i ran....but ur not suposed to run from the wendigo or it will eat u or some shit like that

[Dagonslayer2007o9]

I remember in the summer me and my friend were sitting not too deep in a forest right beside a creek. Just hanging out, talking and having a cigarette. It was in the evening so things were pretty dark and fuzzy but the birds were still chirping. I'm pretty aware of all my surroundings so I was the first to notice the birds stop chirping very quikly. I knew this ment one of two things, either some one was passing by or a cayotie was close by. So I sat there for a sec while my friend was still

[Dagonslayer2007o9]

talking and just listened for a while, I heard a russell in some bushes about 10 feet away from us. I looked up at him and we both turned to the bushes and sat there quietly for a little while and all of the sudden the feeling of being watched hit me like a ton of bricks. And I'm pretty sure it hit him too cause I could see his facial expression changing pretty fast and he doesn't usually show much expression and I'm a hard person to freak out but, that started getting overwhelming. Then I

[Dagonslayer2007o9]

Hearing foot steps all through out the forest, like every where and then it all stopped. Then all that was left for a while was suspense, my friend looked at me and I started to say "Let's get out of-" I was interrupted by a banch snapping and falling into there creek and a tree branch like violently shaking and I heard a few voices like whispering and shit. We ran the fuck outta there so damn fast

[ShayneSama]

my grandfather told me that if you're encountered by the wendigo, you will get the overpowering urge to eat human flesh. You will become a wendigo

[dethklok472]

@stayjit1 not to burst your bubbles but the Wendigo supposedly is located in Northern Minnesota, it had to be something else but I agree thats scary as shit.

[stayjit1]

@dethklok472 I have no bubble to burst. The legend surrounds the Great Lakes, north to Hudson Bay and into the Canadian Maritimes as well. And I don't really care what 'it' calls itself, I STILL don't want to run into it again.

[jsilence418]

@dethklok472 This story based around the Wendigoo legend , was written by Algernon Blackwood who was an Englishman ,spent much time in the Canadian forest where this is set. not in minnesota hate to burst your bubble .

[acerb45666555]

2- the Wendigo is invisible. it is not seen. it is felt before it consumes youre mind and humanity. it usually claims those lost in the bush for a long time.

[wlaputka]

thanks for the comment acerb,

In this short film I've looked to express the more atmospheric qualities of Blackwoods classic Wendigo interpretation. By that, a very transformative and powerful entitiy that moves just beyond our sight, as Blackwood would have it, in the dark spaces deep with in the infinit breadth of the woods. I believe the Wendigo myth also carries word of this transformative qualitiy in many recorded cases, but this is also my own angle and interpretation of the story.

[Mider999]

@wlaputka Wendigo is STILL spoted up north near canada. The old indian chiefs and shamans would sometimes kill people they thought had a wendigo in them. The wendigo goes into you when you commit cannabilism which sometimes they had to do. the legend says i think that youd eventually become a wendigo yourself. I cant remember it all. But yeah it has alot to do with cannabilism and before canada was under one government it wasnt odd for a shaman to commit euthanasia.

[Bluebelle9289]

@acerb45666555

It's a movie, and it's fiction, don't take it so literally.

[dallin7788s]

@acerb45666555 my cats name is wendigo

[acerb45666555]

if he really met the Wendigo, his mind would have disintegrated as the Wendigo possesed him!

[jamesjeffreypaul]

Superb. Meeting the Wendigo itself couldn't be any scarier.

[OwnNewWay]

Awesome.

[Kraele]

I applaud you. That was just mesmerizing. And you were able to get the creepy, psychological factor without gore or those cheap scream-startling tricks. Very good job.

[thegirl44]

This was very well done. As my mother-in-law used to tell my husband, when he was staring off into space, "Quit looking at the wendigo, if you don't pay attention to them they go away."

[wlaputka]

thank you very much for your thoughtful and quite enjoyable comment.

regards,

Woodruff

[ChickasawNDN000]

was your mother in law Native American?

[thegirl44]

Yes she was, Odawa (Ottawa) Indian.

[SasukeUchiha1951]

@thegirl44 weird my grandma use to tell me that

[serge18]

that was rally good, I enjoyed the narration of it as well as the visual aspect. You cought the mood so well. I wouldn't mind continuing watching your stuff if its all this good.

[wlaputka]

thank you for the comment. I'm glad you enjoy the mood I was looking to capture. Hope you enjoy the other shorts.

W

[crapdeikaris]

have enjoyed a few of Algernon Blackwoods stories.this was a good video, the sound quality was espacially good.

[wlaputka]

thanks for the comment. the time we spent in the studio certainly made all the difference.

[joaopaulonovak]

devolva 2:42 da minha vida . eé

[Phewy]

really enjoyed your film. Thanks for sharing

[wlaputka]

thank you very much for the compliment.

[Zombieeatyounow]

oustanding, what was the music used?

[wlaputka]

the music was actually stock music from IMovie. This was a contribution to my own 24 hour short film competition last year. Its actually 2 seperate tracks, though its used so sparingly that its sifficult to tell.

glad you enjoyed,

W