Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Long before Bigfoot became a pop culture phenomenon, stories of strange, human-like creatures were already circulating across Canada. Hidden in Indigenous oral traditions, frontier accounts, newspaper archives and regional folklore are tales of wildmen said to inhabit remote forests, mountain ranges and northern wilderness. Beings described as hairy, elusive, powerful and sometimes frighteningly human. In this episode of Down the Crooked Path, Amanda digs into some of Canada’s lesser-known wildman legends, including stories that have largely faded from modern paranormal culture. From the northern wilderness to early settler accounts, these tales raise a familiar question in a distinctly Canadian way: what exactly were people claiming to see out there? Were these stories warnings, misidentifications, pieces of older folklore, or evidence of something that has always lived just beyond the edge of the map? Join Amanda as she follows the trail of Canada’s forgotten wildmen. Down the Crooked Path on Canadian Creepies. 🌱 PayYourRent.ca is an Indigenous-led grassroots initiative calling on settlers to engage in ongoing, voluntary financial redistribution in support of Indigenous land defenders, sovereignty, and community well-being. This foundation supports urgent needs like housing, food security, legal defense, and cultural revitalization all grounded in the principle that land back also means resource back. If you live, work, or benefit from life on stolen land, consider learning more or making a monthly contribution at PayYourRent.ca. Justice isn’t a moment, it’s a commitment. Your next creepy obsession starts here. ✨ This episode is brought to you by Fable & Frame Creative ✨ Fable & Frame Creative offers Niagara Region portraits and at-home newborn sessions, capturing not just how life looks but how it feels. Because your life isn’t ordinary. It’s a fable, and it deserves to be framed like one. Thorain Art & Illustration creates darkly whimsical art inspired by vintage Halloween, forgotten fairytales, and strange woodland magic. Find stickers, prints, magnets, keychains, and more on Etsy or at @thorain.draws, and save 10% with code CANADIANCREEPIES. Manet Macrame & Fibre Arts, created by our researcher Christine, makes spooky handmade macrame, pixel art, epoxy pieces, and Canadian Creepies-inspired books. Save 10% with code CANADIANCREEPIES. 🕯️ You can find new episodes of Down the Crooked Path every Thursday, wherever you get your podcasts. Canadian content airs right here on the Canadian Creepies feed, so stay tuned, and stay on the path. Edited by Kyle McDonnell
