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Skinwalkers, Wendigos, and Haunted Indian Burial Grounds - And other creepy shit that goes bump in the night
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Ok, maybe it isn't "really" good but you have to keep in mind how much better it was than most of the absolute dreck lining video stores shelves in the horror genre back in 2003.
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Been watching some Wendigo movies and read some stories but the material exhausts itself pretty quickly. Most of the current image of the Wendigo seems to be based on pop culture rather than the actual myth (antlers everywhere), and modern Wendigo/Skinwalker stories are some of the most predictable I've read.
That said, while it also didn't base itself on the myth and pretty much just used the name, I enjoyed The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood for being pretty eerie and having a theme that wasn't just "ahhh monster". It's the kind of horror that only works in writing.
The episode "Skin and Bones" of Fear Itself was pretty decent. Some lame acting and pretty predictable, but the Wendigo itself was presented well and the final scene where the Wendigo forces his wife to chop up and cook his brother's/her lover's corpse was unique enough to make it a net positive for me.
The Retreat could have been a decent indie movie if not for the ending. Up untl then it was an okay attempt at a movie about a guy wrestling with his inner demon, but then they added a super cliche shot of him screaming into the camera with white eyes, plus a scene of a side character getting killed by a group of Wendigos. Wouldn't have been a masterpiece either way but that just ruined what little there was.
And since I brought up the antlers, while the whole thing was probably popularized by the 2001 movie The Wendigo (no relation to the story) and recently Hannibal, here's a neat illustration of the creature from Blackwood's story from 1944 which also depicts them.
That said, while it also didn't base itself on the myth and pretty much just used the name, I enjoyed The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood for being pretty eerie and having a theme that wasn't just "ahhh monster". It's the kind of horror that only works in writing.
The episode "Skin and Bones" of Fear Itself was pretty decent. Some lame acting and pretty predictable, but the Wendigo itself was presented well and the final scene where the Wendigo forces his wife to chop up and cook his brother's/her lover's corpse was unique enough to make it a net positive for me.
The Retreat could have been a decent indie movie if not for the ending. Up untl then it was an okay attempt at a movie about a guy wrestling with his inner demon, but then they added a super cliche shot of him screaming into the camera with white eyes, plus a scene of a side character getting killed by a group of Wendigos. Wouldn't have been a masterpiece either way but that just ruined what little there was.
And since I brought up the antlers, while the whole thing was probably popularized by the 2001 movie The Wendigo (no relation to the story) and recently Hannibal, here's a neat illustration of the creature from Blackwood's story from 1944 which also depicts them.
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We should have finished genociding the redskins while we had the chance. Now their folklore survives. Classic blunder.
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Learn from the redskins: A bottle of Listerine a day keeps the Wendigo away.
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Because of Tumblr, the concept of Skinwalkers and Wendigos are forever linked in my head to a level of hiding and censorship that makes Brenton Tarrant look world-famous.
A Tumbler called them 'a Native subject that's not supposed to be named, depicted, or spoken of' while opposing implications of them 'being on the same level as local legends and cryptids.'
A Tumbler called them 'a Native subject that's not supposed to be named, depicted, or spoken of' while opposing implications of them 'being on the same level as local legends and cryptids.'
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Nigga wut? Is this a board white girl thing or do they actually think us injuns had a taboo against talking about or depicting them?
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As a guy who grew up on an Indian burial ground (lots of shit went bump in the night) there are some topics you don't talk about. It invites the subjects into your life and not in a positive way.
That said, skinwalkers (of the shaman variety) are not one of them unless you live near Navajo, Ute, or other southwestern tribal lands. I'd be more worried of any lingering curse on burial grounds considering American suburbs have this nasty habit of being built on them.
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Remember: we are talking abou Tumblr here. They always had a culture of being super careful about other people's cultures. In this case, calling a wendigo by name is literally an invitation of having a wendigo attack you. Even those who do not believe that would happen avoid even aming them, the reason being a respect of those cultures. In other words, they, in all truth and honesty, really do think that Native Americans have a taboo agains talking abou or depicting them.
Simply put, not even 'TERFs' get shut out of Tumblr this hard.
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I sometimes forget just how retarded Tumblr can be.
As to not mentioning them, Wendigo were meant to be a lesson on why you don't hoard food, be greedy, or practice cannibalism. They were talked about in the same way parents used to tell kids the Boogie Man might get them if they didn't do their chores or go to sleep on time, ect.
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Oh neat, I didn‘t notice this thread before.
Since this thread has “and other creepy shit that goes bump in the night” in its description field one class of entities I’m fascinated by are elemental and trickster spirits (some of which are Native American in origin), whenever I have a paranormal show running in the background I’m usually just passively paying attention to it but once you mention an entity that was never alive to begin with my interest rises exponentially and doubly so if you include sketches of said entities.
Since this thread has “and other creepy shit that goes bump in the night” in its description field one class of entities I’m fascinated by are elemental and trickster spirits (some of which are Native American in origin), whenever I have a paranormal show running in the background I’m usually just passively paying attention to it but once you mention an entity that was never alive to begin with my interest rises exponentially and doubly so if you include sketches of said entities.
I mentioned this in the Walten Files thread already but it’s worth mention that part of the reason why those southwestern tribes have a taboo regarding the skinwalker and talking about (especially towards outsiders) it is, as far as I know, because they believe that if you do talk about then either you’ll encounter a skinwalker or bad things will happen to you and your family.
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I recall 4chan's /x/ had an Australian variation of the skinwalker in some of the earlier greentexts. Might try to find them, later, good thread.m
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The people of Tumblr know. If anything, I know about 'do not bring a skinwalker by mentioning them' because I read of the Tumblr posts warning abou them.
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I watch Nukes Top 5 a lot. They collect interesting paranormal videos from the net.
A good portion of the videos are suspected or obviously hoaxes. But there have been just unexplainable livestreamed video. Or video from a security console. Or video from someone who didn't even have any interest in the subject.
And these videos all tend to follow common patterns in the representation of the figures. Which seems remarkable considering you're dealing with people around the globe, Japan, China, Indonesia, Mexico, America, Germany, whos paranormal cultures are different.
A good portion of the videos are suspected or obviously hoaxes. But there have been just unexplainable livestreamed video. Or video from a security console. Or video from someone who didn't even have any interest in the subject.
And these videos all tend to follow common patterns in the representation of the figures. Which seems remarkable considering you're dealing with people around the globe, Japan, China, Indonesia, Mexico, America, Germany, whos paranormal cultures are different.
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Literally just don't look the bitch in the eyes IIRC the actual skinwalker lore isnt the spooky nightmare forest/desert demon shapeshifter thing but a fucking evil piece of shit witch who can shapeshift into different animals and take over your body like apuppet via you looking into her eyes directly making you do all kinds of weird or fucked up shit. Just beat the shit out of her and steal her scrolls on shapeshifting or whatever the fuck she uses to figure out how to mimic people or animals.
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Hey guys not gonna lie I had a very scary experience deer hunting a few seasons ago. I was hunting in the evening and had only seen a couple of does for a few hours, but when the sun was diming and I was about 10 minutes from climbing out of my deer stand I saw a very large buck. It's tongue was hanging out. I thought it was coming to the corn pile but it walked straight past it towards my tree stand. As it came closer I could see just how jerky its movements were. It was like it had a spasm every other step. As it got closer I could see that its eyes were glazed over and its tongue was black. I was pretty much freaking out at this point and took a pot shot at it. I missed and it did not even raise its head it just shambled off into the woods as it became night.
90% sure it was a deer with wasting disease since it has recently been found where I used to hunt.
90% sure it was a deer with wasting disease since it has recently been found where I used to hunt.
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