In the movie Jeepers Creepers what type pf creature is the creeper.?

I posted this question a few days ago and no one came up with a correct answer. I am reposting to give the answer to those who tried. Feel free to ask question or disagree, jsut look up what i tell you and see if that isnt pretty close to the creature charateristics.








The answer is.....It is a Wendigo..and creature on Native folklore in the upper midwest. Such as Minnesota, Michigan, and so on. As i said, study up and tell me what you think about it.

In the movie Jeepers Creepers what type pf creature is the creeper.?
very interesting piece of american folklore. i thought jeepers creepers was some kinda hollywood adaptation of the Jersey Devil but this makes much more sense. i have definitely heard of tribes eating the desired body part to stregnthen or cure ailments (eat the heart if u have a weak heart etc.) but everything i have read about was south american or african. never native american. very interesting.....
Reply:The Wendigo (also Windigo, Wiindigoo, Windago, Windiga, and numerous other variants) is a spirit in Algonquian mythology. It has also become a stock horror character much like the vampire or werewolf, although these fictional depictions often do not bear much resemblance to the original mythology. "Windigo Psychosis" is a culture-bound disorder which involves an intense craving for human flesh and fear that one will turn into a cannibal, occurring among Algonquian Indian cultures.





To Algonquian-speaking tribes of Native Americans, the Wendigo is a malevolent supernatural creature. It is usually described as a giant with a heart of ice; sometimes it is thought to be entirely made of ice. Its body is skeletal and deformed, with missing lips and toes.


The first accounts of the Wendigo myth by explorers and missionaries date back to the 17th century. They describe it rather generically as a werewolf, devil, or cannibal.


The Wendigo was usually presumed to have once been human. Different origins of the Wendigo are described in variations of the myth. A hunter may become the Wendigo when encountering it in the forest at night, or when becoming possessed by its spirit in a dream. When the cannibalistic element of the myth is stressed, it is assumed that anyone who eats corpses in a famine becomes a Wendigo as a result. The only way to destroy a Wendigo is to melt its heart of ice. In recent times, it has been identified with Sasquatch or Bigfoot by cryptozoologists,[citation needed] but there is little evidence in the indigenous folklore for it being a similar creature.


Perhaps this myth was used as a deterrent and cautionary tale among northern tribes whose winters were long and bitter and whose hunting parties often were trapped in storms with no recourse but to consume members of their own party. Its physical deformities are suggestive of starvation and frostbite, so the Wendigo may be a myth based on a personification of the hardships of winter and the taboo of cannibalism.
Reply:Your looking into this way to much, the creators of the film just came up with the creature. They say so on one of the special features on the DVD.