Reasonable_Cheek643 t1_j2bp9eg wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:46 AM

Reply to comment by drain_bamage69 in If you are outside exploring in nature and get a sense of dread, leave. by Aeronworm

Wow 🤩 that’s really freaky!! How can you kill it then if it’s technically “dead” already?!!

drain_bamage69 t1_j2btnto wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:19 AM

i'm not too sure they're really "dead" per se, in many lores they were once humans who resorted to unspeakable acts like the aforementioned cannibalism, and thus possesed by the wendigo spirit. some lore suggests a silver stake/bullet/blade to the heart, others suggest fire since they are winter spirits and thus have a weakness to heat, but the main point seems to be to destroy the heart.