The Wendigo

By: Algernon Blackwood

Narrated by: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot

Days from civilisation five men are about to experience something beyond the rational.

In the snow slaked wilds where the natives fear to tread, these men search for moose but find something more terrifying and supernatural. With a rush of wind and the smell of feral nature one of their number is whisked away, leaving them wondering: Who might be next?

©2014 Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot (P)2014 Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot

Fun and Creepy Short Story

This was a fun and creepy short story. Well written and organized! Good for a little creep in the night if you have 2ish hours.

atmospheric

I would consider this story more suspenseful or thriller than horror. concentrating on character and atmosphere. not a bad piece, short and easily digestible.

Misses the mark with its subject

The writing is pretty good if one can get past the author’s 1910 racial views. The weakness of the horror aspect to me is that it seems to also be derived from those views (i.e. the inherent horror of “wild men” and wildness more broadly), and entirely forgoes some of the more compelling aspects of Wendigo stories in the process. To say more would be spoilers, but let’s just say that if you’re looking for a take on this monster that cuts true to its original mythology in a compelling way, this isn’t it. As a spooky story in the woods, it’s fine.

Creepy inspiration

A good creepy tale. The narrator choice made no sense. An Australian for a north woods tale?

A wonderful story of th North Woods

Reader was completely competent, but not a voicemaster. La la la la la le fifteen.