{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/644c8637419b15001136dd11/6a634db9a7fbf9da141a181e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bearwalkers: Skinwalkers of the North","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/644c8637419b15001136dd11/1784986166186-8f226498-92ec-4aed-804e-0b822db20e31.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>     This week on Almost Canon we talk about the Bearwalker. Similar to the better known Skinwalker, the Bearwalker is a type of paranormal or supernatural ability used by certain shamen and medicine men of Siberia and North America.It allows them to not only shapeshift into a bear but to take on aspects of a bear as well as use the spirit of a bear to perform individual tasks. </p><p>    We also look at the infamous 'berserker', which seem to share more than a few aspects of bearwalking and local legends of the 'bulletproof bear' which could actually be modern bearwalker encounters. </p><p>  </p>","author_name":"Nick Willard"}