Wendigo
Referenced in 2 episodes
Definition
A mythological creature from Algonquian folklore, the Wendigo is described as a malevolent spirit associated with winter, starvation, and greed, often depicted as a monstrous humanoid that is gaunt and skeletal in appearance.
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Something Else Hunts Here
Expanded PerspectivesOct 19, 2026
Hosts Cam and Kyle share a batch of listener stories, most of them set in the outdoors, that suggest something unseen is watching hunters, campers, and families. The accounts include a Hmong hunter who lost three days in a Minnesota deer stand, a screaming crawler-like figure in Kansas, the blurry Glimmer Man returning to one man decades later, and a giant glowing worm floating through the Idaho timber. Along the way they cover shadow people, the Hat Man, a tall white being that slept in a child's barn, and a Wendigo-like creature that spoke perfect English.
It Knew My Name
Expanded PerspectivesSep 14, 2026
Hosts Cam Hale and Kyle Filson mark the 13th anniversary of Expanded Perspectives with a run of listener-submitted encounters from the American woods. The stories include a horse-headed pale humanoid in Ohio, tiny Fae folk partying at a North Georgia campsite with stolen gear, and a three-horned beast in Tennessee. The centerpiece is a Pennsylvania teen chased by a clawed, red-eyed creature that spoke his name in a distorted, mechanical voice.