Me too. I was laughing pretty hard.

YouRye

@@JaySevyLP very much an attempt was made

I mean at least he tries! That can't be said for very many youtubers, a lot of them just guess on the pronunciation and never bother to check, whereas it seems like Matpat usually looks up the pronunciations of words he's unfamilliar with and at least attempts to pronounce it properly.

I just know he was listening closely to Google and repeating the words over and over again, only to start over because he heard a local say the word, knew he was saying it wrong, and he started the whole process again.

Nearly all of them

I am the last person you would think who would believe in "possession" but it absolutely exists. A lot of the cases probably are what you say they are. But I promise there are some that are absolutely authentic. You won't fully believe it till you actually experience it but I hope you don't have that experience.

If you listen to "actual" Exorcists, they say they test for exactly that first. Some of the indicators of possession that they test for, that can't fall under mental disorders are knowledge that the patient couldn't have and them being able to speak languages they couldn't have learned.

Saleem witch trials want their money back

@@Deppability they thought priests will not test that. It is sad how low priests sit on their mind.

what is a "not deer"?

@@25VolarSleet it’s a cryptid creature that at first looks like a deer but when it turns to look at you, you realize, that’s NOT a deer! It’s said to give off this awful smell of rotting flesh, has skin that looks patchy and almost rotting, it’s eyes are closer together like a predators binocular vision, and has a set of sharp teeth like a wolf. Once it sees you, it will stand on its hind hooves and chase you while blasting this horrific scream. It’s most commonly seen in areas with a lot of deer like the Appalachias. Wether it’s real or not, idk but I hope I never see one.

Scary thing is is that some deer with chronic wasting disease rear up on their hind legs and step forward looking just like that. Scared the spirits out of me when I saw my first one.

@@zeannajanmohamed4479 omg that’s TERRIFYING!

Of all the naming conventions for creatures/monsters in myths, legends, etc., the simple horror of 'Not Deer' is fantastic. Even without the description of what a Not Deer is, you instantly get the feeling that you might mistake it for a deer if you saw it, but there would be something inexplicably about it. Thanks for reminding me this creature exists!

This comment deserves so much more love. It’s the funniest line in the whole episode

It's hard to get us to talk about them because its actually not allowed. Saying their names and ( at least in my culture ) writing their names can call them.

@@sinfully.sweet.2548 mine too

Agreed. I was always cautioned by my family to never speak such a name outlook and especially not if I was alone at night near any kind of forest. Years later, and here I am still on edge ever hearing it being spoken aloud through a phone screen.

Its because in their belief mentioning the evil things can draw their attention

the true wendigo is one of very few monsters I find scary!

Not native but I am very particular about my religious scholarship, and I too appreciate his research

Fr

I learned about the skinwalker from an episode of Ben 10 . In Ben 10, the Yenaldooshi was described as a werewolf which was half right since skinwalkers are shapeshifters and so were old school werewolves but this version merged the classic movie monster and the yenaldooshi into a hybrid of the two.

I had done my research into wendigos myself a few years ago, but apparently I managed to miss some stuff cuz I learned new things I didn’t know. Not much, granted, but I didn’t know that the legends say a person can be taken over by more reasons other than just cannibalism. Super interesting, and I love that the theorist team always tries to do as much research about every topic they can.

@@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985 I saw that a long time ago and hated it. Mostly 'cause the native female (I'm Navajo and I Believe she was) was just an awful character (personality wise) and was disappointed. But I wasn't really into how they portrayed it. There were a lot of nit picks but since it was a children's cartoon I didn't expect anything.

Yepyep he also explains about jinn and ruqiyah pretty well, he really did a lot of research

That he did wrong is that Cresent moon and star isn't the symbol of Islam. The symbol of islan is the name of Allah

As an Arab Muslim I agree. I kept nodding and saying "yes" and "correct" at everything he said 😆

@@mirzahosein3492 Sorry, but that’s actually incorrect in most interpretations? I’m Muslim, and the most commonly used symbol is a crescent and star.

⁠​⁠@@Storm-bv7pcit isnt considered a symbol but a common representation when talking about islam as it is not an official symbol but a design adopted by the people in istanbul

on the topic i remember a story that i think belonged to the islamic folklore, about a woman being unattended by her husband, she made a plan with other people, she would act like a crazy person and when her husband get worried and call a priest to check what's happening they tell him that she was possessed and he has to do some things to drive away the djin, buy jewelry and clothes, good food, treat her well and so on, this kept going for sometime and then she calmed down but he was warned that this happen because of his attitude toward her and the djin may come back again, so solving their marital dispute. i likely missed or got wrong some dettails but you get the gist.

Mat *

I personally don't mind saying jinn, doesn't feel scary. Wendigo does..

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I'm surprised you didn't go over skinwalkers as well aren't they made in a similar way if I move correctly both of them are made by cannibalism

​@@ericuchiha3136mat's writers*

not islam

No one cares

@@Lean_Dadcalm down edgelord

@@ManalAhmed-px1yi so what was wrong about it?

Yeah for real. A lot of UKpostsrs insult and joke about Islam and religion in general, but I appreciate that he tried being highly respectful. Sad to see him go now

not you again OwO!!!

like this so matpat can see it

OwO! OwO! OwO alert!

Oh my goodness

OwO, you goober!

I've heard some people make something that sounds similar like flesh pedestrians or smth Is that cool to say or is it anything that alludes to skin walkers

What names would you have to speak? I just need to know what not to say

@@Crow-jo2nq don’t say skinwalker or wendigo those are really the main ones, but i don’t like saying the rugaroos name either because they’re shapeshifters as well. Its honestly better to not know about them. Then you don’t have any incentive to speak their names or speak about them.

@@Oleanierum as long as you don’t include their actual name you should be ok.

Or don't worry about it, if you don't want to be possessed by fear instead

OMG YES THIS IS MY FAVORITE ANIME I'M SO GLAD SOMEONE MENTIONED IT!!!! ❤❤❤❤

YES THE NOSTALGIA HIT ME. I LOVE THIS MANGA. 🥰

There's also Mononoke (and the Bake Neko episodes of Ayakashi), although that mainly focuses on Shinto exorcisms.

Working to get my own shikigami rn! Hopefully I don't become one!

aaaa love Ghost Hunt!! 🩷

I wanted to post something similar. Like he was right but the fear factor was very downplayed. I've been wanting a horror spirit or monster that inspires THIS kind of fear. It doesn't have to be this exactly, just something so revered that people don't even want to say it. Like Voldemort, but people actually avoid saying it. I think I'm a fairly rational person and I can say I'd exhaust every option before considering exorcism, but I do believe these things exist. It was cool to see it mentioned but I was a bit antsy every time he said it 😂

@lulufan100 I'm studying exorcism obviously but I'm also studying social science to specialize in psychology. The more I learn about both the more it becomes extremely evident that one must know which kind of problem they're facing; spiritual or psychological. So if someone tries to exorcise mental illness then obviously it's not gonna work, but the opposite is true as well, and this is why I look at all options, medical, psychological and spiritual, equally. Another thing, I don't know if it's a great idea to make a movie about the jinn or the wendigo without either horribly offending someone (humans) or horribly angering someone (spirit). But yeah love your thoughts on the matter.

​@@princessjuliana7309Thank you for sharing! This is actually so cool~

@@princessjuliana7309 I think since the knowledge and fear of them is largely cultural/faith based, it would be hard to put in a film. You'd have all this backstory crammed into a 1 to 2 hour film which would either lose people or not do it justice. And while I like representation, I'm fine with people skipping this part. I wouldn't even see the film if it were to come out considering I refuse to even type its name. I feel weird about movies using people's faith, anyway. The Conjuring movies don't scare me because I have to suspend my disbelief for not only a demon but for the solution and I often wonder what Christians and Catholics think of them. I had a roommate who didn't seem to mind them and I haven't seen any backlash in the news against them. I feel like that would happen in our community if the movie sucked, made stuff up, or seemed like it was mocking us. The first Exorcist was just terrifying, but they played the Adhan at the beginning so that helped. I really liked how they had the priest be the most skeptical, that kept it grounded in reality for me and made it all the more scary. I thought they left the ending ambiguous as to whether or not the exorcism worked, too. His human and faith struggles could be relatable to anybody even though he was Catholic. I think horror needs to be relatable for it to work. The Wendigo is also a touchy subject because I feel like people are either over it or the studios will make it into a generic monster. Maybe it could work if they worked with First Nation people who wanted to do it. It would be interesting to see it from their point of view. If not, I'd rather just read about it on my own. It was really neat running into another Muslim theorist and I was not expecting that on this type of video 😁

@lulufan100 oh absolutely and I think that not everything should be represented. Like, yeah, you have stories like Aladdin which are less religious and more pop culture, but it only works in a fantasy setting. Horror would make the target audience (presumably muslims) very uncomfortable, and it's just not worth it at all. Maybe stuff from culture can be cool since they're just stories to us, but religion is not very easy to maneuver at all, even for me as a Muslim who likes to write islamic inspired things.

Nice reference

The amount of money he would've made...

@@drcgaming4195not just him …don’t forget he sold the company

MatPat make a theory on a single piece of grass from your yard

Is grass REAL?! (THEORY)

@@ilikebikeriding “Life Theory: GRASS is LYING to You!”

XD Love this comment section

Unfortunately it would probably be a style theory thing about the most good-looking grass to make your house look better :(

Right? Such a good game!

the anime, what would he even theorize about?

That would be cool

Even Turning Red was possession and exorcism.

I could see a couple theories there, but the second season was very rushed and didn't come out as good as the first

Just make sure it ain't the anime. It did a disservice to the manga.

Agree, I kinda wanna see him watch Cult of the lambs for fun

If it's ok to ask, if you don't call it by name, how do you refer to it? If not ok to ask, I completely understand

What is cree?

​@deathmauler181 a native american group

​@@orchidvity4748tribe*

Educate yourself. There is already enough esoteric bs going around. We have to move forward and abolish superstition!

Bodies made of ice sound to me like a frost Giant there are many similarities between the Indian religious beliefs and the Norse mythology

I'm glad Until Dawn gets wendigos right. It's only one game, but it's popular and is a good example of how they should be portrayed (with the usual amounts of artistic license). I'm still waiting on the "grows in proportion to what it eats" thing turning a wendigo into a kaiju equivalent. That would make a good movie.

@@jayemover_16 loved how scary they looked in that game, reminds me a bit of that shy guy scp or the rake.

i never heard of wendigos until that game, heard its quite accurate which is good@@jayemover_16

yeah, feel you, there is a reason why tht design caught on that well . . . the truely unforgivable thing though is not changing the monsters appearance, but its essence. Making just a yeti that eats humans out of it destroys what the wendigo is about, kills all the nuance and what makes is so so scary. The deerhead makes kinda sense, its a pray animal so having that hunt you is scaryer for the broken trust in a way just how the wendigo turns your fellow men into a threat you cant easely spot. deception as in calling with a loved ones voice does belong to the wendigos nature after all

Yeah, I feel like pop culture mixed up the windy boi and the not-deer. It's a shame, because they're both very cool and terrifying creatures, and I don't see hardly anyone talk about the not-deer as they're not very well known outside of the Appalachian mountain region.

Time to exorsjze them

Ok good I like being possessed.

He forgot purple guys and yellow rabbits

My childhood! Ah yes, a theory about Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs would be great. Plus, I can't wait to hear MatPat make jokes about the voice cast (like the fact that Bill Hader, who voiced our beloved Flint Lockwood, is now famous for his role as Barry) and coming out on top with a theory that will be either dark or hopeful..

Fr

My mid just said YAY when I heard it.

Ye

lol yeah me neither

All hail the first comment

Gg on first

Good job daddy!

Exactly

I thought as well

Lol

Yes yes it is

yea

Yea, it sure is

It is

@@Wii07ENTERTAINMENT true W

Yes!

I heard an interpretation that it looked like a humanoid deer (without antlers) that was rotten and decomposing, that also stood on its hind legs. Is this right or am I wrong?

​@@Jumpyman_thegamerYTHii so if your still wondering about this they are called "Not deer." They smell of rotting flesh and they do stand on their hind legs. If you have any more questions just ask!!

@@royal_bloom3925 Thanks for letting me know! Both the Wendigo and Not Deer are 2 of my favourite cryptids/folklore.

Its a spooky monthhhhh!!!

Yheeeeee

2 spooky for me

Yeah