an evil spirit from the folklore of the Algonquian peoples of North America, the wendigo has an insatiable hunger for flesh, most especially that of humans. It has the appearance of an emaciated, frostbitten corpse with sunken eyes, sharp teeth, and inhuman features. It is said that during the cold dark winters, a time when starvation is an ever present and legitimate concern, anyone who resorts to cannibalism will go mad and eventually become a wendigo.