The Wendigos of The Walking Dead Theory | The Feral Family Explained

One of the scariest episodes in the whole show. And one of the best wish they did more stuff like this

The scariest episode

Before I watch this, I just want to say this. Season 4 when Rick comes across that woman outside of the prison, I believe she was already on her way to becoming feral if she hadn't come across Rick. That is just my opinion. Okay, now I will watch the video.

Something that bothers me is that how they didn't know how to react to walkers? At that point they should've known to stay clear from walkers and go into hiding instead of attacking as if thwy were humans. Even feral they should've known when to run.

Wendigo in georgia

Uses peep holes and false walls, but lack the intelligence to run away from walkers. Sounds like a half-baked plot writting imo. They are very creepy and interesting tho. I don't think humans can devolve the pre-historical being like this, but would have been a cool concept if something special happen when a non-zombie character eats an other.

Reminds me of the Sawny Bean family. Part of English history.

They seem to have taken some inspiration from Resident Evil for this.

kid 1 looking out the window at the start of the apocalypse: so people eat people yah?
kid 2: mhm, they do that now
kid 1: should we also eat people?
kid 2: uh... yknow what why not? seems like the normal thing to do.

This chapter reminds me of the cannibal bunker episode in the game Metro Exodus, since they have things in common.

The house is the bunker, in both there is only one way to enter. That entrance is a trap for any visitor.
The first thing you can see is darkness and human remains.
And the TWD cannibals may have contracted the same disease as the Metro Exodus cannibals due to excessive consumption of human flesh. This disease exists in real life and is called Kuru, which is caused by a prion that appears when eating decaying human brain tissue.

How introverts survives in the apocalypse.

Or maybe the writers wanted to show what could happen to children or young adults without a support network as they probably saw their families die and due to their young age they resorted to more primal instincts to survive and after a prolonged period resulted in their appearance and level of intelligence, as they demonstrated a pack mentality and I think this was one of the scariest episode in the entire TWD universe and most interesting take on the human psyche during an apocalypse

how does Connie know "creaks and cracks fill the house" ?

When I watched this episode I thought I had accidentally clicked on a horror movie😂

Hmm, I'm not sure about them being wendigos. Even the base wendigo myth they were smart enough to plan and run if threatened.

I’m pretty sure the creaks and cracks in the house didn’t bother Connie lol

Virgil has stab wounds, and she lathers the guts all over him. This plot hole shows up pretty often - I mean if a bite or scratch can cause infection then surely guts and blood on an open wound can.

It seemed like they were children when it started and the false Walls remind me of traps a child would make

This episode did creep me out

I believe that just like thaty other group early on after they got to Alexandria the "Wolves" I think these people were probably escapees from some nuthouse. Almost like the Whisperers even if the latter two groups the "Wolves" and the Whisperers" still had "SOME" reasoning power...

This reminds me of the feral people in the world war z book

the wendigo doesn't look like a deer tho bruh y u showing pictures of those for smh

I imagined it like this.. these kids were left all alone. Maybe their parents died. Maybe they were home alone when the outbreak occurred. Maybe their parents never made it back. My guess? They saw the walkers attack and eat their parents. Anyways, the kids stay in the house, maybe their parents told them to always stay in the house. They take it literal and never leave. But good starts to run out. Occasionally people come through and..just like the walkers.. instinct drives them to eat..

My favorite theory… and yes I know this really makes zero sense at all.. but I imagine these being really rich kids. Maybe their parents were away at some country club when the outbreak happened. Their parents never got back to them, and they grew up in this magnificent home, but became feral and wild.

I find this to be one of the best episodes ever written. When I first saw I remember tweeting out to the Writer of this one, because I was so thrilled by this, so refreshingly different, horrifying and giving great characters more time on screen. I wanted to shout out the Writer specifically because they don't always get the love for it and WHAT a great teleplay. It is so good it can really stand on its own, even if you don't watch the show and just watch one episode, this is that one. Reminds me of "Home" from the original X-files series but with a fresh take.

Wendigoes are shamans who were outcast from the tribe, usually for canabalism , but moreover they are nature mimicking shape shifters. They mimic anythint alive, down to vocal attempts. These characters are NOT wendigoes, as they lack a major characteristic; ya know, SHAPE SHIFTING? Yeah. Nah, they represent what happens when instincts fully take over for survival, and it ironically takes us back to more primitive roots.

One of my favorite episodes. Super intense.

This episode was actually scary good.

I think the cannibal/Wendigo plotlines have been very underused in survival horror. Very few and far between and one off episodes if that. Closest we got was Terminus tbh but that was on a big scale cannibalism.

I laughed out loud at the bonk sound effect that was hilarious.

Lmao they made this show woke and garbage horror. Season 1-6 forever. The fans who still watch this never watched the originals 😂

Effect ruined video.

This feels more like an homage to H.P. Lovecraft's "The Lurking Fear" than wendigo to me.

The filter ruined the experience for me

It's just the vampire house from Lost tapes

this was easily the scariest episode of the series for me, just such a tone shift from the fighting earlier in the season w reapers

They were children when it started children will go primarily feral and after age 7 it's impossible to rehabilitate them

What season is this in

This episode scared the shit out of me man, it was so good!

This was the most the show has felt like a true horror film in many years. Loved this episode.

Which season and episode

They reminded me of the Falmer of Skyrim.

If only Shiva was still around to save Connie and Virgil from these feral people

Should have called them the Gollums, missed opportunity

That was the scariest episode in the whole series

10 months late to the party but in the real world, people who are hungry enough will literally eat anything, regardless of previously perceived disgust and it is actually known as wendigo psychosis

How would creaks affect Connie?