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Cryptid Chronicles: Wendigo Winter: A Wendigo Thriller
"Winter Unleashes the Damned."
Tom and Rachel Smith, along with their son Caleb and infant daughter Lily, move to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to build a cabin and embrace a quiet, self-sufficient life. But as winter deepens, unsettling signs emerge—distant howls, claw marks on the cabin, and Caleb’s vivid nightmares of a skeletal creature with antlers and glowing eyes.
Seeking answers, Tom visits a nearby Ojibwe elder who warns him of the land’s dark past. Over a century and a half ago, a man named Thomas Bellamy was trapped in a brutal winter and driven to cannibalism. The act cursed him, transforming him into a Wendigo—a creature of endless hunger that still haunts the ridge. And now, it has awakened.
Seeking answers, Tom visits a nearby Ojibwe elder who warns him of the land’s dark past. Over a century and a half ago, a man named Thomas Bellamy was trapped in a brutal winter and driven to cannibalism. The act cursed him, transforming him into a Wendigo—a creature of endless hunger that still haunts the ridge. And now, it has awakened.
107 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 13, 2025
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May 19, 2025
Ethan Hayes is surely becoming one of my favourite cryptid authors. For me, both he and Luka T. Jacobs have been recent discoveries and wonderful ones at that.
In this book, Hayes manages to use a topic which, unfortunately, usually doesn't really hold my interest and create another fine crafted story that keeps drawing you in. The character development, the dialogue, the sense of dread and despair, they're all well written. However, one thing that I did notice, is that a certain amount of repetition takes place in the book. One the one hand, given the story's confined setting, that's understandable. I did feel as if Hayes tried to expand on the limited options the story brings with it, but in doing so, was unable to avoid the aforementioned repetition.
All in all, that minor gripe doesn't change the fact that it was another wonderful installation in this series and I'm looking for to reading the next one in line.
In this book, Hayes manages to use a topic which, unfortunately, usually doesn't really hold my interest and create another fine crafted story that keeps drawing you in. The character development, the dialogue, the sense of dread and despair, they're all well written. However, one thing that I did notice, is that a certain amount of repetition takes place in the book. One the one hand, given the story's confined setting, that's understandable. I did feel as if Hayes tried to expand on the limited options the story brings with it, but in doing so, was unable to avoid the aforementioned repetition.
All in all, that minor gripe doesn't change the fact that it was another wonderful installation in this series and I'm looking for to reading the next one in line.
September 19, 2025
Scary
Scary and sad poor family they move to a beautiful place and than a harsh winter comes,and here comes the wendigo hungry and scary.
Scary and sad poor family they move to a beautiful place and than a harsh winter comes,and here comes the wendigo hungry and scary.
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