DCHP-1 Online
Hoodoo [< hoodoo] 
n. a supernatural creature of dangerous and malignant tendencies, as the famed Sasquatch of British Columbia.
- 1958 Fear of the enormous Hoodoo that was supposed to haunt the Columbia River Valley made the Indians reluctant to expose themselves to the danger of an encounter with the dreaded monster.
- 1963 To return to B.C., I have read an account by a Golden [B.C.] oldtimer of a giant "Hoodoo" that terrorized the Indians of the region many years ago.
- 1958 Fear of the enormous Hoodoo that was supposed to haunt the Columbia River Valley made the Indians reluctant to expose themselves to the danger of an encounter with the dreaded monster.