The United States had some interesting searches when it came to cryptids.
—”an animal that has been claimed to exist but never proven to exist.”
They then divided this search volume by each country’s population—peppering different keywords as variables throughout—and were able to discern which fantastical animals were the focal point in each. When it comes to the United States in particular, search terms related to Wendigos came up the most with over 906,000 searches total.
For those unfamiliar, the Wendigo is a horrific monster that stems from Native American legends in North America., Wendigos were once human until they they were forced to eat another person’s flesh under certain circumstances, usually while getting lost. They then slowly turn into a Wendigo over time, forever searching for humans to munch on, their hunger never satisfied.
The U.S. seems to have a bit of a fascination with the more savage mythical creatures, actually, as werewolves were the second most-searched for cryptids in all the land followed by
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