Hello and welcome back to the most amazing top 10 channel on the planet!
I am your host Rebecca Felgate and Today we are doing a much requested video - the Top
10 Scary Native American Urban Legends.
I learned a lot scripting this video - I hope you learn a lot too!
Before I jump in though - let me know if you have any mysterious legends associated with
where you are from!
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10 - Wendigo Ah, the Wendigo.
A lesson that cannibalism is never going to end well.
The legend of the Wendigo comes from the Algonquin people, which is relatively near to where
I am here in Toronto.
I have actually been to Algonquin national park, next time I had better beware the Wendigo.
The story of the Wendigo goes that once he was a lost hunter but during a particularly
harsh winter, trust me, we get them here in canada, he could not find anything to eat.
This continued for days, for months, his hunger became so intense that he turned to cannibalism.
After eating human flesh, he became a crazed monster and continued to roam in search of
his next fleshy meal.
Now the Wendigo, who is 15 ft tall looks a little like THIS by the way, roams free in
the icy plains of Canada and the Northern States of the USA, like Minnesota, Illinois
and upstate New York.
The legend has legs, too.
Literally.
There have been several spates of Wendigo sightings over the past 150 or so years, most
notably when a number of people from the Algonquin went missing in the 20th Century.
The Wendigo is said to lure you away from civilization to icier plains and will then
eat you alive.
Hard no to Mr Wendigo.
Wanna meet the Native American Voldemort?
The Legend of Two Face at number 9 This is a morality lesson and a scary urban
legend at the very same time.
The legend of two face, often called sharp elbows or Hesto-vatoh-keo’o is about not
giving attention to bad things.
The story is most popular among the Sioux people but incantations can be found across
a lot of First Nations groups.
The story goes that the two face creature is a bit of an attention hog… to put it
lightly.
They are a nasty presence that wants you to look at at.
They will do anything to get your attention...but be warned, if you give in, if you look at
it and give it the attention it craves it will cut you.
Actually though.
One legend often told about the creature involves a heavily pregnant Sioux woman.
She heard a voice behind her but her intuition told her not to look around.
The strange voice tried even harder to get her not to look… but still she did not.
Later she told her husband who was glad - he said the voice came from a malevolent creature
that would appear to her four times.
If she successfully ignored it four times, it would leave her alone forever.
It appeared twice more and she successfully ignored it.
A fourth time came and she decided to peak at the creature.
What harm could it do, right.
Curiosity got the better of her and she peered through a crack in the wall when it was turned
away.
What did she see?
A ghoulish being with two faces and razor sharp elbows.
Its other face turned to look at her, it lurched and cut her to shreds.
Lesson being...never give in to the negative oices no matter how hard they shout.
They’ll destroy you!
8 - Skinwalkers In Navajo Culture,the legend of skinwalkers
is enduring.
In fact, the legend is so widely perpetuated, that a lot of people outside of the native
American cultures are very scared of them too.
Skin walkers are said to be witches who ascended to their superhuman powers by sacrificing
slash murdering – a close family member.
How awful.
These skin walkers can then take the from of an animal of their choosing, but they most
commonly appear as wolves, owls, coyote’s, foxes and crows.
These witches are said to be extremely dangerous and you do not want to encounter one for fear
of invoking their wrath.
These skinwalkers are said to be most commonly found stalking desserts in California, like
Death Valley, the Mojave National Reserve and Joshua Tree.
So watch out.
From Skinwalkers to Skinwalker ranch up next at number 7 Skinwalker Ranch
Some weird things have been happening at the so called skinwalker ranch in Utah- Native
Americans in the area truly believe that the area is plagued with and cursed by evil spirits
and, well, they might be right.
The ranch became notorious in the media when the Sherman family spoke out about their experiences
living their in the 1990s.
Their stories involved strange lights, ghostly apparitions and the tale of an invincible
wolf that I found particularly interesting.
It seems the Sherman family came across a friendly wolf.
So friendly it approached them.
Sadly though, the wolf killed a number of their cattle, which are expensive to come
by.
This prompted the head of the Sherman family to shoot it with a .375 magnum.
Nothing.
It was struck again.
Nothing.
The wolf was shot several more times and simply walked away.
Was this a really an encounter with a skinwalker?
Well….
maybe.
6 - Stick People Beware the stick people, while they may seem
like cheeky pests, they are actually pretty malicious when threatened.
The stick people are a legend from the Salish - who live in British Columbia.
They believe that in the woods there are a tribe of mystical people - stick people.
They are a lot like other native tribes but they are very illusive and have mystical powers
and communicate by using bird and animal sounds.
In the woods, they will disorientate wanderers with mind control powers.
Trickers - sure - the stick people are said to enter villages at night and mess with tribes
- stealing nets, eating their food or simply just pulling men’s clothes down.
Classic.
However you never want to encounter a Stick person - which is why young first nations
children are warned never to enter forests alone.
If you come across a stick person they will feel threatened and the next time they enter
a settlement, they will do more than steal food - they will steal children as punishment
and raise them as slaves.
5 - Ghost Sickness In native American Culture it is possible
for a person to fall ill with something called Ghost Sickness.
Navajo legend has it that ghost sickness can strike if a deceased person is not properly
buried with the right rituals.
If that is the case, the spirit of the deceased can become disruptive and make a living person
ill.
With Ghost sickness, the sufferer will start having terrible dreams about the person who
has died.
They will become obsessed with their death, they will feel depressed and also physically
weak.
They may also start to hear voices.
According to legend, the only way to recover from ghost sickness is to undergo a ritual
performed by a religious leader and often make adjustments to the burial places of the
dead to satisfy them.
Let’s talk more about the cause of ghost sickness up next at number 4 we have the Chindi
So the Chindi is said to be bad energy left over from a person who has died.
The chindi is produced when a person takes their last breath.
A lot of first nations people believe it is much better for people to die out in the open
as it leaves more space for Chindi to disperse.
Dying inside a house practically dooms that building to being haunted.
The Navajo are so wary of invoking chindi, they will get rid of a deceased persons possessions.
Even saying a deceased person's name a certain way is often said to be enough to summon their
bad energy.
3 The Dust Devils Navajo people are watchful and wary of dust.
Why?
Well because they are actually spirits interacting with the land in the form of a little whirlwind.
Whether it is benevolent or malevolent depends on the direction the dust or dirt is spinning.
In Navajo folklore, you see dust spinning in a clockwise direction, everything is fine,
but if it spins counterclockwise, well you better have your wits about you as you are
in the presence of an evil entity.
Giant disembodied heads anyone?
Sure! 2Flying Head
The flying head legend is most popular in Iroquois and Wyandot culture.
Flying heads are thought to be produced from cannibals, or from battles wherein people
have physically lost their heads.
Flying heads are giant, ravenous heads with neck length hair.
Want to see a depiction?
I am actually kind of here for them!
Some descriptions have them with bat wings and they’re said to have an insatiable hunger,
leading them to eat people.
Nonetheless, no man made weapon can kill them, the only way to be rid of them is to trick
them into eating hot coals.
1 - The Owls I really like this tale of how owls were created
but it is pretty scary and may make you feel not so great about our murderous feathery
friends.
As told my the Yakama, the story goes that there was once five sisters who lived in a
cave.
These sister were no normal humans, in fact, they would eat vile things like frogs, lizards,
snakes and mice, things that other first nations people would not eat.
Some even said that they would eat tribespeople if they took a disliking to them.
Were these five sister the native equivalent of witches?
Quite possibly - they seemed to be in touch with a lot of bad energy.
Luckily for other tribes, one by one these women died.
The final sister drowned...which you think would have been the end of it, but no, from
one of her eyes all owls were created.
Now when you see owls, they are a small part
of her soul, always watching.
Watching.
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