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{{quote|''The Wendigo, the Wendigo<br />
{{quote|''The Wendigo, the Wendigo
I saw it just a friend ago<br />
I saw it just a friend ago
Last night it lurked in Canada<br />
Last night it lurked in Canada
Tonight on your veranada!''|'''[[Ogden Nash]]'''}}
Tonight on your veranada!''|'''[[Ogden Nash]]'''}}


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* The second book in the gory [[Monstrumologist]] series is called ''Curse of The Wendigo''. It has been confirmed that a super creepy version that is "neither living or dead version of the Wendigo" will be the main antagonist....
* The second book in the gory [[Monstrumologist]] series is called ''Curse of The Wendigo''. It has been confirmed that a super creepy version that is "neither living or dead version of the Wendigo" will be the main antagonist....
* One of Alvin Schwartz's ''Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark''. In that story, the Wendigo is more of a spirit of wind and frostbite, although there are still cannibalistic overtones (the two men are starving). The Wendigo calls you out of the tent with its eerie, windblown song, and makes you run until your feet burn away, and makes you keep running after that.
* One of Alvin Schwartz's ''Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark''. In that story, the Wendigo is more of a spirit of wind and frostbite, although there are still cannibalistic overtones (the two men are starving). The Wendigo calls you out of the tent with its eerie, windblown song, and makes you run until your feet burn away, and makes you keep running after that.
{{quote| Oh, my fiery feet! My burning feet of fire!<br />
{{quote|Oh, my fiery feet! My burning feet of fire!
Diego lifted up the hat, and screamed. There was nothing beneath the hat but a pile of ashes. }}
Diego lifted up the hat, and screamed. There was nothing beneath the hat but a pile of ashes. }}
** Which is an adaptation of the Blackwood's story, currently out-of-copyright , [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10897 available online at the Gutenberg Project].
** Which is an adaptation of the Blackwood's story, currently out-of-copyright , [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10897 available online at the Gutenberg Project].