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[Wendigo Lore] Could Wendigos be militarized in any way?

Hello. I am a general in the US military. I recently learned that Wendigos are real while on a hunting trip.

After returning home, I studied up on Wendigos and learned that they used to be humans who became monstrous creatures after succumbing to starvation and cannibalizing their companions.

That got me wondering: Couldn't we starve some prisoners of war/convicted criminals and turn them into Wendigos, and then use those monsters on the battlefield? It seems like we have the perfect killing machines available to us right here!

Would it be possible to replicate the "Wendigo creation" in an artificial environment? Would a Wendigo be capable of following orders or at least be able to be "directed" at enemy forces?
gpt
You're talking about creating a terror weapon here. Even putting aside the public horror at how they are created, you would turn the whole world against you. 

There is no practical military purpose for doing this even if you could somehow control evil cannibalistic spirits from beneath the ancient ice. What can a Wendigo do that other weapons cannot, besides be a deniable civilian-killer?

All those weapons and rations - they come from somewhere. You are reliant on the people who make them continuing to do so. This is the kind of thing that might actually convince them not to.