Native American AccountsWendigo Older Than Written History – Cannibalistic Monster Ruler In Beliefs Of Indians Of North America And Canada Posted on January 21, 2026 by Administrator Many frightening monsters haunt the woods of North America, but none is more terrible than the Windigo (also Wendigo (Witiko), the very incarnation of terror. Found in the Native American folklore since Aboriginal times, the Windigo is a hideous, murderous, and cruel hermit with a malformed body that lives lurking in the forests and is often hungry for human flesh.
