Bigfoot, Wendigo, Cannibals

At Mysterious Universe, I take a look at the possible connections between Bigfoot, Wendigo, and cannibals...

Cannibals in the Countryside

 
That's the subject of my new Mysterious Universe article...

Zombies, Wendigos, and Cannibalism

Those three topics listed in the title of this post are the subject of my latest Mysterious Universe article that you can find here, and that starts like this:

"There can surely be very few people who are not aware of how, in recent years, all things of a zombie-themed nature have infected whole swathes of the populace – and on a planet-wide basis, no less. Indeed, the worldwide craze for the undead is practically spreading faster than a real zombie virus could ever do! In the world of on-screen fiction, the process of turning man into flesh-eating monster usually results directly from the effects of a lethal, fast-acting pathogen.

"In the late 1800s, however, a man whose terrible actions of the cannibalistic kind remain as notorious today as they did more than 130 years ago, claimed that his transformation into a deranged devourer of people was caused by something very different than a mysterious virus: a Wendigo. And what might that be, exactly? Read on…"

Giants, Cannibals and Monsters

Good friend Ken Gerhard writes:

"Don't forget to tune in Sunday @9pm EST for the latest edition of Search for Hidden Beasts - http://liveparanormal.com/page/ken-gerhard I'm excited to have as my guest, Kathy Strain - archaeologist, anthropologist and author of - Giants, Cannibals and Monsters: Bigfoot in Native Culture. Listen in for some fascinating discussion!"

Ken's show is always lively and entertaining, so, if you're free, listen in!

Cannibals, Zombies, Wendigos

There's a new article from Lee Speigel over at the Huffington Post that addresses those recent weird attacks on people of a cannibal and quasi-zombie nature.

Notably, Brad Steiger's work is cited, and which suggests a potential link with the Wendigo phenomenon. Check it out!