Answer: windigo

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WINDIGOMan-eating ogre of legend
windigo(in the folklore of the Ojibwa and other Indians) a cannibalistic giant, the transformation of a person who has eaten human flesh
windigoculture-specific syndrome occurring primarily among the Ojibwa and related Indian peoples and characterized by fever-induced delusions that one is being possessed by such a giant
windigo(Am. Ind.) a mythical monster among some N. American Indian tribes, that eats human flesh also WENDIGO