Wendigoon Thread

[FILTH Tourist]

nope, thats true. they first started using pigeons for sending messages back in ancient persia in the fertile crescent, so they were already very used to using them for this kind of stuff by the time of the crusades

Egyptians and Persians have been using them for a long time. The technology wasn't invented by the Arab Muslims, just acquired though conquest and expansion. It's a small detail, but he is playing pretty fast and loose by saying muslims invented it.

 

[Godchu]

Another one by the It Breathes, Bleeds, Breeds and Ensorcelled in the Earth guy, EmpyrealInvective/Travis Coleman

Eh. I mean, on the one hand creatures mimicking people in the woods is getting a little trite, but on the other hand I like how it messes with your mind and memories to further mess with you. That's not even going into how the narrator is the true villain of the story. Motherfucker not only manages to sabotage the hike (multiple times!) but by the end almost has everyone killed, all through his own anxiety self-loathing.

The actual fleshgait itself, as a character within in the story, leaves a lot to be desired. Besides taking their stuff and all the mindfuck, it's hardly more than some emaciated animal that awkwardly follows the group because it knows they have food, and no matter what they do to scare it away it always comes right back. You need more there. Give it a more active presence in the story (like the Thing) or give it some kind of crazy design that it tries to hide from the group. Anything, really.

 

[Oongok]

The actual fleshgait itself, as a character within in the story, leaves a lot to be desired. Besides taking their stuff and all the mindfuck, it's hardly more than some emaciated animal that awkwardly follows the group because it knows they have food, and no matter what they do to scare it away it always comes right back

I actually liked the idea of the creatures slowly wearing them down through paranoia and deprivation until they either drop dead from exhaustion or turn on one another, which is kind of what happens at the end, (but maybe not?) It makes them a bit more menacing than "Uh yeah so it's another generic monster that kills you in a brutal hyper realistic fashion or whatever" which were all the rage in the 2010s

 

[PrettySneakyCis]

I rather liked the ending of that last one. That moment of self-reflection where the narrator is admitting that it genuinely felt like he was choosing to kill his true love and he still did it without hesitation was effective. A creepypasta equivalent to that anecdote about the agent being handed an (unknowingly) empty gun and told to execute his wife/dog/family member just to prove he's loyal. There's something kind of chilling about that blunt realization that you're the sort of person who can kill something you previously thought you should be willing to give your life for.