Colorado Wendigo

"There is something evil in those woulds"

- Old Man on the Wendigo that killed his family.

Background
As a wendigo it was once a human that turned to cannibalism. In 1959 it attacked a family in a cabin leaving only a boy who slept next to the fire alive. The boy later grew up to tell Sam and Dean about the occurrence.

Plot
The Wendigo was a creature that terrorized Blackwater Ridge every twenty three years. It was once a human that turned to canabalism and became a wendigo.

It obducted Tommy Collins after waking from hibernation a few months earlier and planned to feed off him to survive. It hunted Sam, Dean and the other Collin siblings in an attempt to capture and eat them. It killed their hunting guide because he "pissed" it off.

After Dean and the others found it's lair a battle ensued and Dean was able to kill it saving Tommy.

Trivia

 * In the episode Wendigo a reference to the Donner party was made suggesting this Wendigo was a member. However in a deleted scene Sam and Ben Collins found an indian marking from a lost tribe suggesting the Wendigo could have been a member.


 * It is the only creature to have share a name with an episode in the entire series.