Watch Out for Wendigos: Canada's Algonquian people once scared one another with stories of the wendigo. When humans ate human flesh, they would transform into this emaciated zombie-like monster, which would stalk the forests. Oddly, some Algonquians developed what was known as wendigo psychosis, which was a fascination with cannibalism, although this problem seems to have declined along with their traditional lifestyle.

Evil Birds: In ancient Rome, a strix was a vampiric crow. The lege ...

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