The Manitoba Case

There’s this strange unearthly thing that my friend Adam and I call the "Red Man", or the "Flesh Eating Nightcrawler" as Adam likes to call it. No, it's not about the Japanese ritual called "Red Man" either... it's something different, from the opposite side of the world. Or does it even only live there?
This "Red Man" is claimed to be a fleshy, beefy, 6 foot tall and extremely fast and strong humanoid entity with soulless white eyes, a wide mouth, a long snake-like tongue and razor sharp spiky teeth (even its teeth and tongue are blood red), who has only been reported to roam in extremely isolated and dark areas of northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, in Canada, and likes to mutilate and entirely devour anyone it encounters during the night with little to no traces left, except children. It doesn't harm kids, fortunately... thank god. This mysterious and frightening entity apparently looks like a human who has no skin and has all his muscles exposed, with fresh blood all over it, and is also covered in dirt and grass from spending an eternity living in the woods. Although it's extremely rare that it eats a human being, it appears to mostly feed from livestock for a short period every year (however not always at the same month), explaining the few reports of cattle strangely vanishing overnight with only a few traces of flesh and blood remaining. The Red Man also has a slightly odd posture, like he's contorted or something, and he has unnaturally flexible joints. He is also able to use telekinesis.
There are very few sighting reports of it, and one of them is from Adam himself.
So, now here's the part about what happened with Adam. He's a Cherokee Indian, about 5 feet 8 tall, 17 years old and a bit overweight, who already had many hardships and struggles in his life. He's an orphan as well. Many years ago, seven year old Adam and his father were exploring a forest somewhere in Manitoba during October, and he was excited for his first camping trip. During the night, they heard strange dashing and growling and Adam's father sneaked out of the tent to check the surroundings. As Adam peeked out of the tent, after about five seconds, he spotted an eerie red human figure preying upon them and creeping very quickly from the distance behind the trees as his dad had his back turned,
and before he could say a word...
..tMr. O'Bomsawin levitated 2 feet above the ground due to some unknown invisible force and the Red Man was staring at him, his eyes glowing red and displaying the most sinister grin on his face... then he dashed in less than a split second and jumped onto his father right beside the bonfire to pin him on the ground, and he was screaming in agony and terror while being eaten alive by the "Red Man" as he called it. The body even vanished as it was consumed entirely, with only a few hints of hair and blood. The Red Man had even consumed the clothes and the bracelet on his hand. Adam stayed in the tent the whole time, trembling, sweating profusely, his heart racing extremely fast and his whole body frozen from fear and denial, utterly speechless as he saw the gruesome death of his father, who was the most important presence in his life, as he was always present for him and they did awesome stuff together, unlike his mother who wasn't very connected to him.
He recalled that the Red Man had seen him and they made eye contact for a few seconds as the entity seemed confused, but turned away and fled back into the woods at supersonic speed the moment Adam shrieked at the top of his lungs, never to come back again, and Adam escaped in a state of shock. The next morning, he was found at sunrise crying uncontrollably outside of the woods, lying down in a fetal position against a tree, by a hunter who lived alone near the woods and was brought back to his mother. The hunter did not even bother calling the authorities, and he had told him he had heard about the same entity devouring cattle and a gruesome incident with a particular someone before, that happened back in the 1950's, although he had never encountered or seen it in person. Those incidents occured close to the region in which Adam's father was killed. They had a long talk on the way home. A few days later, the hunter went missing and was never found.
Two months later, Adam's mother ended it all by shooting her brains out while he was at school, unable to cope with the loss of her husband. Adam was then raised by his uncle and aunt, and grew up with his cousin Liam, who lived in Québec, and before the events Adam had only met them once (as he remembers...). Now he still lives with them. Adam was deeply traumatized and never told anything about the event until he was about 16 years old (by the time we met), although no one really believed him except his cousin, and his uncle and aunt (and me). He had a deep fear of going alone outside at night, or into the woods alone, and he's also afraid of camping. I've heard Adam had to consult six different therapists since he moved to Québec, and he never talked about the Red Man to them, from fear of getting in trouble or gaining mass attention.
By the way, Adam and I don't talk as often as we used to. He seems to have fell into a depression, which scares me a lot, especially since Native Americans have one of the highest suicide and depression rates in the world, and it is actually one of the biggest issues they face. He doesn't even want to talk to me anymore, and we only talk through email and Skype. I honestly really don't want to lose a friend I care so much about, whatever the meaning of "losing" means...
Upon searching the internet, there are absolutely no archives or any reported information about this "Red Man". There are no photographs. The incidents never appeared in any newspapers. There are no reports about the hunter going missing or the suicide of Adam's mother. No one seems to remembers about the Red Man except Adam, me and his family. It took an enormous amount of courage for me to share the story of the Red Man on the internet. I sincerely don't want to disrespect Adam, his late father and his family. I don't want to get them in trouble or put an unnecessary spotlight on them either.
I still wonder what came of the hunter, and what kind of otherworldly dimension this "Red Man" could have came from..
Category:Beings
Category:Alleged paranormal phenomenons or entities