Mar 11

Wendigo Attack Report

Duke writes “Report details told by: Trapper: Howard B Leblank, a 54 year old trapper and hunting guide from Kenora Ontario.

This tale was told to Howard when he was a boy by his father a French Canadian fur trapper, from when he worked the area north east of Huntsville Ontario as a boy before Algonquin Park was a managed area. At that time the lumber trade was very active in the area. Leading to an influx of hunters and fishermen whom used the logging roads to gain greater access to the deep wilderness areas.

A father and son from Chicago Illinois, by the family name of Sears on a hunting trip for moose in the greater Mattawa river region. Guided by an Algonquin Indian / French Canadian Guide, Little Jack. ( probably a nick name ).

The guide little Jack was a Guide of some reputation in the region whom was known for putting hunters onto large moose and was much sought after, having made a name for himself guiding Rich tourist and visiting politicians from across Canada and the United States.

The year was 1894, the exact location was a lake ( name withheld ). Season October, Rutting season for moose. The best time to hunt bull moose, which congregate at that time of year to battle for dominance in the mating season.

The hunters and guide paddled the main trunk of the Mattawa River along the Ontario – Quebec border
taking a branch creek north into Quebec. On this two day trip many moose were seen but the Sears where looking for a true trophy and pressed Little Jack to take them deeper into the wild region. With hesitation Little Jack agreed to take them to a lake he knew of but explained to them that they would stay only in that area during daylight hours and would be departing by mid day as he had fears of some large beast that was reputed to frequent the area. The Sears took as superstition and largely discounted Little Jacks warnings.

On arriving at the lake Little Jack, laid down the ground rules for the days hunt. He instructed the Sears to stay on the south side of the lake and placed the father in a thicket overlooking a clearing that was bordered by the lake. The son was to canoe along the lake to the east and set up his hunting blind along a marsh area. Both men promised they would not cross the lake which was not wide at that point and the guide would go between the two men frequently. Little Jack was nervous and spent a great deal of time that morning being sure his charges were staying in they’re assigned hunting spots.

At about noon Little Jack told Mr. Sears senior to begin to get ready to leave promising to bring them back early the next morning. Then began to turn to leave but Mr. Sears Senior then pointed out to the lake. Little Jack turned to see young Mr. Sears paddling across the lake already very close to the other side. Little Jack began to run yelling and waving trying to get young Mr. Sears to turn around but the young man either did not hear him or chose to ignore him. It was at this time Mr. Sears Senior notices a large shape moving in the tree line along the shore of the opposite side of the lake. Thinking it was a moose he called out to little Jack whom at this point was about to land his canoe. Little Jack was frantic and turned to tell Mr. Sears Senior to remain silent.

Getting into the Canoe little Jack began to paddle as quickly as possible. But by this time Young Mr. Sears was already landing and pulling his canoe up onto the opposing shore line. Little Jack again tried to call young Mr. Sears back but the young man ignored his calls and walked into the woods. In the time it took for little Jack to cross the lake he heard the reports of young Mr. Sears rifle as several shots were fired followed by silence for a moment. As Little Jack was about to land his Canoe. Young Mr. Sears came running out of the tree line as if being pursued. Little Jack had no time to land his Canoe but raised his own rifle firing to shoot what ever might be chasing young Mr. Sears. A large upright hair covered beast emerged from the tree line after young Mr. Sears. In a few short steps the beast was upon young Mr. Sears and the beast reportedly decapitated the young man by grabbing him by the upper torso from behind and then with it’s other hand simply twisted the young mans head off.

Little Jack emptied his gun at the beast, but the beast did not fall instead it carried the body of Young Mr. Sears back into the woods dragging the body by a leg and carrying the young mans head in his other hand.

Little jack having no more ammunition returned to Mr. Sears Senior.

It is reported that Mr. Sears Senior insisted on going after the beast having witnessed the entire event from his vantage point on the opposing side of the lake. But Little Jack refused and almost had to drag the distraught Father away from the area.

When having reached they’re camp at the Mattawa river Little Jack insisted they pack and paddle to the nearest settlement which they reached by the following morning. It was reported to a local constable whom led a search party that included both little Jack and Mr. Sears Senior and several loggers and woodsmen to the lake where they searched for several days finding only Young Mr. Sears broken rifle and a short trail of blood at the actual area of death of young Mr. Sears. It is reported that the searchers all heard beastly screams and howls on those nights when the search would be suspended do to the coming of darkness and eventually they all gave up in fear as each night the screams and howls seemed to be closer to their camp.

Aftermath: Little Jack moved to the Huntsville area after that trip his reputation ruined, he made his living trapping and fishing and was said to have become an alcoholic, drinking away his money when he had any and living off land but never to far from town.”

18 Responses to “Wendigo Attack Report”

    • Jeffrey H

      Thomas M: Windigos are the ones that are know for ripping heads off and collecting them. If a Sasquatch were to rip a head off then they may just leave it there or just bury it there cause they are not know to collect heads. I hope this helps Thomas M.

      • Duke S

        Correct, Jeffrey, and also he drug the body away, indicating that he probably had the intention of eating the remains. Bigfoot probably don’t do that very often, Wendigo are notorious man-eaters. A Bigfoot may get angry about you being in their territory, and may try to chase you away or harm you, But Wendigo will not only do that but will also treat you like a possible menu item. I believe that most of the accounts of Bigfoot eating people are actually Wendigo/Genoskwa accounts that have gotten mixed up with Bigfoot stories. Am I saying Bigfoot won’t harm or eat a human? No. But this behavior from a Bigfoot is only a possibility while in the case of a Wendigo it is a virtual guarantee.

  1. Jacqueline O

    Holy Mary Mother of God Jesus Joseph and all the Saints! A truly terrifying story. . .if true. It would be amazing to interview Little Jack and the early settlers, pioneers, and frontiersmen of the “New World”, but all we have are their journal entries. There are just too many encounters documented from the 18th and 19th centuries to ignore the possibility of sasquatch’s existence. I believe all tribes from North America referred to these same creatures using terms from their own native language.

  2. Jeffrey H

    Wow, very sad tale! The moral is to listen to those that live close to and know the area. You always get those that think they know it all and ruin it for everyone. Thanks Duke for another great story!???????????? Poor Little Jack, just trying to do his job and make a living by working hard for it and it’s gone in minutes. This is why I don’t shop at Sears anymore~

  3. Kent C

    …….And the moral of the story is simply this: “If you hire a guide because he knows more about where you are going than you do; ……Then you should probably listen to him!”

  4. Leah G

    Sweet Jesus. Absolute nightmare. Lives forever altered by a poor decision to push on and beyond the limits established by a wise guide. Rather than bagging a better beast, the better beast bagged a human, and Little Jack, whose counsel was ignored, regressed into a beast himself.

  5. Bal G

    Long live Duke! Long live Duke! Seriously bro you should have your own show The Mountain Giants episode was an absolute classic. Thank you for your contributions.

  6. PATRICK

    Thoroughly an accounting for the reading. And damn. If you begin the fight you have to finish the fight.no matter how many.other option is decapitation.

  7. Lise B

    Duke you never fail to disappoint. Thank you and Wes. I just finished listening to your shows for the second time.. So i thought,well i should explore what other shows have to offer.Well,its not the same i must say.And i don’t want to offend anybody.. but Wes my friend you make it look so easy. The quality just surpasses most out there. When a new episode popped up i was like YES!..Im home. Its always such a treat going to bed at the end of a long day with my ear buds. These stories just take you away. Better than a movie i think.
    Are there any books out there written about this story or this area and windigo encounters?
    Thanks for another great show.

  8. David D

    Sounds to me like an early version of Muslim insurgents’! Just kidding, butt seriously, after briefly looking into these types of things, I’m convinced that it’s all about 99%-demonic! The same things have been going one in Afghanistan, (mountain regions) for a VERY long time. Please see Steve Quale’s’ report about the giant that the military, in all of it’s brilliance, decided to transport over here in a cargo plane, thankfully after it was killed! All of these beings are of the same nature; Evil! I strongly suggest GenSix productions, on you-tube, while it’s still up. Fascinating stuff! Oh, and by the way, if you go looking for giants, bring something a little bigger than a sling-shot!

  9. michael n

    Duke, thank you sir. Is a windigo the same ad a wendigo? Regardless they are nasty, nasty creatures. As if bigfoot and dogman weren’t enough to worry about now we have to watch out for giants and windigo. Well, I for one, am going to stay out of the woods unless I have to go in. Be careful out there you guys and gals!!!
    P.s. if someone reports a 14 ft tall bf is it more likely to be a mountain giant? Do bfn get that tall?

    • Duke S

      Well, let me get those questions in order. Windigo and Wendigo are the same thing. So far as I can ascertain, Bigfoot do not commonly exceed 10′. There may be some who get larger, just like there are human giants, basketball players for example. This means there COULD be squatch over 10 ft tall, but they would be very uncommon, and this is what the eyewitness reports indicate. Anything over 10′ is a definite suspect, the further over that mark they are the more they are likely to be an MG. Also, MG’s leave 4-toed tracks, so another dead give-away. Thanks for the questions, Michael!

    • Duke S

      All spelling of Wendigo (and Genoskwa) are referring to the same creature. Any BF over 10′ may be a Mountain Giant, Bigfoot are very seldom reliably reported to exceed that height.

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