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Wendigo Psychosis: Monstrous Men
Wendigo psychosis is a condition where people that are affected by it have this disturbing notion, this desire, to eat human flesh, even when there is other food available. Although such conditions were very real, thankfully they were rather rare. One of the best known cases of Wendigo psychosis involved an Alberta trapper from the Plains Cree nation. This man's name was Swift Runner and it happened in the winter of 1878. Swift Runner and his family had a long, harsh winter and they were literally starving. It got so bad that his eldest son died of starvation. To satisfy his hunger, Swift Runner killed, and consumed, his wife and remaining children. Given the circumstances, this act of cannibalism may have been over looked simply because it could have been seen as a last resort to avoid starvation. This was not the case, however. Everyone assumed that he was suffering from Wendigo psychosis because, in reality, he could have gotten other things to eat. He and his family lived less than 25 miles from an emergency food supply at the Hudson's Bay Company post. Swift Runner was later executed by authorities at Fort Saskatchewan.See full story

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