Top 10 Scary Native American Urban Legends

Are you into paranormal events and scary things that lurk in the night? then you have come to the right place. heres a list of Top 10 scary native American Urban Legends, make sure to smudge yourself after this because its going to get creepy.

At number 10 is the Wendigo.

The wendigo is a man-eating creature from the stories of the First Nations Algonquian tribes based in the northern forests of Canada and part of the united states. The wendigo was once a lost hunter. During a cold winter, this man’s hunger drove him to cannibalism. After eating on another human’s flesh, he transformed into a man-eating beast, roaming the wilderness waiting to eat more people.

Number 9 is The Legend of Two Face

Being a morality lesson and scary story at the same time the legend of two face or also known as sharp elbow’s comes from the tribe of the Sioux people is about not giving attention to bad things. This creature is said to crave attention and if you were to give in and look at it directly it could cut you.

The legend goes a pregnant Sioux woman has heard a voice from behind her and immediately her intuition told her not to turn around and she did not. Again the voice tried to get her to turn around but she did not turn around. Later she told her husband about the experience and the husband told her that she was right not to turn around that it was an evil spirit that would appear to her 4 times and that she must ignore it each time. If she ignored it the 4 times it would leave her alone forever. But on the 4th time, it did appear her curiosity got ahold her and she peeked through a crack and the creature cut her to pieces. The lesson of this tale is to never listen to the negative voices no matter how hard they talk, they will take you down.

Number 8 is the Skinwalker

Skinwalkers are said to be witches who climbed to their superhuman powers by giving up slice killing – a nearby relative, How terrible. These skinwalkers would then be able to take the form of a creature based on their personal preference, however, they most ordinarily show up as wolves, owls, coyote’s, foxes and crows. These witches are said to be amazingly risky and you would prefer not to experience one for dread of summoning their fierceness. These skinwalkers are said to be most normally discovered stalking pastries in California, as Demise Valley, the Mojave National Reserve, and Joshua Tree, so keep an eye out.

Number 7 is Skin Walker Ranch

Skinwalker Ranch which is located in Utah has been home to some pretty weird things, Native Americans in the area truly believe that the area is cursed by evil spirits The farm got infamous in the media when the Sherman family came out to the media about their encounters living that area. Their accounts included bizarre lights, spooky phantoms and the story of an invulnerable wolf. It appears the Sherman family came across a nice wolf, so nice it moved toward them. Tragically however, the wolf slaughtered some of their steers, which are costly to come by. This provoked the leader of the Sherman family to shoot it with a magnum and when he did nothing happened, It was struck once more yet again nothing happened. The wolf was shot a few additional more times and simply walked away. Was this an actual experience with a skinwalker? who knows.

Number 6 is the Stick people

In the traditions of Salish and other Northwest Indian tribes, Stick Indians an extremely dangerous forest spirit are described as large, hairy Bigfoot-like creatures by the Salish, and as forest dwarves by the Cayuse and Yakama. Stick Indians have powers to paralyze, hypnotize, or cause insanity in helpless humans, while in others, they merely lead people astray by making eerie sounds of whistling or laughter in the woods at night. In some stories, Stick Indians may eat people who fall prey to them, kidnap children, or molest women. They also take aggressive revenge against people who injure or disrespect them, no matter how unintentionally.

Not too many traditional legends regarding Stick Indians have been recorded, in part due to taboos related to these deadly creatures. “Stick Indians” is an English euphemism; saying the actual Salish names of these beings in public is considered to be provoking their attacks in some tribes, a belief many Native people still adhere to today, choosing to refer to them only in English

Number 5 is Ghost Sickness

Navajo legend has it that ghost sickness can strike if a deceased person is not properly buried with the right rituals. If that is the case, the spirit of the deceased can become disruptive and make a living person ill. With Ghost sickness, the sufferer will start having terrible dreams about the person who has died. They will become obsessed with their death, they will feel depressed and also physically weak. They may also start to hear voices. According to legend, the only way to recover from ghost sickness is to undergo a ritual performed by a religious leader and often make adjustments to the burial places of the dead to satisfy them.

Number 4 is The Chindi.

So the Chindi is said to be bad energy left over from a person who has passed away. The chindi is made when a person takes their last breath. A lot of ingenious people believe it is much better for people to pass on out in the open as it leaves more space for Chindi to leave. Passin away inside a house practically dooms that building to being haunted. The Navajo are so wary of invoking chindi, they will get rid of a deceased personstuff. Even saying a passed on person’s name a certain way is often said to be enough to summon their bad energy.

Number 3 is the Dust Devils.

Navajo people are watchful and wary of dust because they are actually spirits interacting with the land in the form of a little whirlwind. Whether it is benevolent or malevolent depends on the direction the dust or dirt is spinning. In Navajo beliefs, you see dust spinning in a clockwise direction, everything is fine, but if it spins counterclockwise, well you better have your wits about you as you are in the presence of an evil entity.

Number 2 is the Flying head

The flying head legend is most popular in Iroquois and Wyandot culture. Flying heads are thought to be produced from cannibals, or from battles wherein people have physically lost their heads. Flying heads are giant, ravenous heads with neck length hair. Some descriptions have them with bat wings and they’re said to have an insatiable hunger, leading them to eat people.Nonetheless, no man-made weapon can kill them, the only way to be rid of them is to trick them into eating hot coals.

Number 1 is the Owls

As told by the Yakama people, the story goes that there were once five sisters who lived in a cave. These sisters were no normal humans, in fact, they would eat vile things like frogs, lizards, snakes and mice, things that other first nations people would not eat. Some even said that they would eat tribespeople if they took a disliking to them. Were these five sisters the native equivalent of witches? Maybe, they seemed to be in touch with a lot of bad energy. Luckily for other tribes, one by one these women died. The final sister drowned…which you think would have been the end of it, but no, from one of her eyes all owls were created. Now when you see owls, they are a small part of her soul, always watching.