No, they are actually just part of aboriginal myth, kind of like hades to the greek, I think the reason they made up that myth is so that people do not resort to cannibalism, unfortunately it backfired and caused a lot of panic, but like vampires and werewolf's and Zombies, it was just a myth, and it never really was real, in fact, zombies may have been thought up because of wendigos, there is also a rare mentle disorder called wendigo psychosis, which is a rare mentle disorder caused by cannibalism, it turns someone into a zombie by giving them an uncontrollable craving for human flesh, I'm not sure if it is contagious or not, but it is rare.
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Wendigos are mythical creatures from Algonquin folklore, believed to be malevolent spirits or creatures that possess humans who have resorted to cannibalism. There is no scientific evidence to support the existence of wendigos as actual physical beings. They are primarily a cultural legend and are not considered real in a tangible sense.