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Questions - the place where we unearth a long, lost malevolent spirit - just for the sake
of it, really.
What’s going on guys - as always, I’ll be your host Jack Finch - as we stack up the
campfire, strike the flint and tinder, and hear a strange howl out in the deep woods
- as we ask the question, What If The Wendigo Fought The Rake?
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But - hold on there, because I know this format has ran a little dry - so to speak - so today
we’re going to try and explore the form and spin something a little differently - we’re
going to pitch these two terrifying monsters of the deep woods against each other - in
the guise of a teen horror movie.
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Picture this - it’s been a long, joyous summer - sitting by the beach every day, carefree
and juvenile.
It’s the last week before schools back.
You plan a trip with your three closest friends, to get out of the city and into the wild - Irene,
she’s a punk rocking vegetarian who enjoys a plaid shirt.
Yusef - he’s a straight A student who collects Scotch - and Josie, she’s an engineer who
dreams of being a pilot.
But sadly - she’s asthmatic.
We’ll get to that later.
Maybe.
You pack up your truck and head out to Algonquin Provincial Park - there’s a great spot that
you used to go to as a kid called Tea Lake - but you’re feeling adventurous this time.
You want to head out to the backcountry, big boy camping - off the beaten track.
You hike for miles, past warning signs and ranger posts - there’s no turning back now.
It’s then that you remember the tale of the Wendigo of Algonquian folklore - the mythical
man-eating monstrous evil spirit native to the Northern forests of the Atlantic Coast.
Some say that the Wendigo appears as a human - a spirit possessed by the monster itself
- with an intense craving for human flesh.
The Wendigo is gaunt to the point of starvation - it’s grey, desiccated skin pulled tightly
over its bones.
It’s eyes are pushed back - deep into its sockets - with the appearance of a skeleton
fresh from the grave.
It’s lips are tattered and bloody - and it gives off the strange eerie odor of decay,
death and corruption.
Some say it wears twisted, unnatural antlers - others say it shares the face of those lost
in the woods.
But that’s just hocus pocus, right?
Folklore passed down through the ages - as a cautionary tale, an allegory for undesirable
human traits.
Greed, murder, excessive consumption - and the taboo of eating human flesh.
You shake off the thought - it’s nothing to be scared of.
That night though, around the fire - your friend Irene tells a tale that she heard from
her cousin - a spooky tale appropriate to the situation.
The story of the Rake.
In the summer of 2003 - way back when - a series of strange events in the Northeastern
United States sparked a brief local media frenzy before all record of the incident was
wiped.
In the rural areas of the country - a strange creature of unknown origin began to traumatize
campers and vacationers alike.
Irene says that there are records of the Rake that date back to the 12th century - but Yusef
doesn’t believe her, he says it’s pure fiction.
It’s just then that you hear a twig snap in the woods.
Probably an animal - a rabbit or a fox.
But then Yusef’s eyes grow wide - he stares at something in the treeline.
You turn around and think you can see it too.
A grey figure - like a thin man on all fours - with black piercing eyes and fingers like
scythes.
Surely not.
You smell an overwhelming scent of rotten meat - death and decay.
Josie screams - and Irene stares wide eyed as a creature terrifyingly appears behind
her, feasting on her neck.
A tall, gaunt creature with antlers protruding from its skull - The Wendigo.
You’ve really ran into some bad luck here.
Yusef runs for the truck, but trips and drops the keys.
Josie slumps onto the floor - she’s having an asthma attack but can’t find her inhaler.
Just then - the strange creature from the treeline bolts forward on all fours - scuttling
across the floor and leaping onto the Wendigo with it’s razor-sharp talons.
It slashes into its hide - before the Wendigo flips it off its back, rips its head clean
off and tosses it and into the fire like a ragdoll.
It roars an unearthly roar - frozen ice and wind cascading from its maw.
There’s room for only one mythical beast in this forest.
It’s then that you remember a scene from a video game that you played, where the creature
feature is peripherally blind - and can’t see without movement.
You stand perfectly still.
It works, the Wendigo miraculously ignores you.
Meanwhile, Yusef struggles with the keys to the truck.
He’s shaking and can’t find the right one.
The Wendigo races at him with superhuman speed, ripping his head clean off with abominable
strength.
Josie screams again, but you shush her - and tell her not to move a damn muscle.
The Wendigo paces back and forth - huffing and panting like a weird-moose-skeleton hybrid.
You stand there for what seems like an eternity.
Somehow, Josie does the same - despite having an asthma attack.
The creature eventually loses interest, slunks onto all fours and arrogantly paces back into
the forest that it came from.
You stand still for another few minutes for good measure - before the two of you sprint
to the truck, snatching the keys from Yusef’s hands and firing it up.
You floor it out of the clearing, weeping all the way home.
The police report is inconclusive.
No bodies were found at the camp, and Irene and Yusef remain missing.
No one will ever believe you, you post your tale to an unsolved mysteries subreddit - but
it falls on deaf ears.
It’s just creepypasta.
But you know what went down.
You know the truth of The Wendigo.
Or the Rake.
They’re the same thing, right?
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