Fallout 76: 8 Terrifying Enemies (And What They Represent)

Perhaps the most interesting and long-lasting of urban legends, the Wendigo is founded in Indigenous culture, predominantly Algonquin-speaking peoples, most often associated with a human that's fallen befoul of sinning and is cursed to live as a wraith-like, supernatural entity. Cannibalism is the predominant cause of transformation into a Wendigo, with an insatiable, paranormal hunger for human flesh becoming the one prerogative that then drives them.

In short: don't f*ck with a Wendigo, because they WILL eat you and they won't be sorry about it.

In Fallout 76, a few Wendigos have an appropriate backstory to match this - such as a note found in Wendigo cave where a husband and wife ate human flesh, and he transformed after succumbing to uncontrollable greed. Her body is found nearby suggesting that his final meal was one a littel closer to home.

Appearance wise, their potbellies contrasted with the skeletal forms are a great representative of the hunger that drives these monsters in the game, of course retaining their human qualities if only to exaggerate how far they have gotten from being truly alive. Like everything else, 76 claims that radiation is the cause of creating the Wendigos... but just to be safe, I'd stay away from the Long Pig. Trust me.