During a brutal winter on the isolated Belcher Islands, a wave of religious hysteria swept through a small Inuit community after a man named Charley Ouyerack proclaimed that he was Jesus Christ. His claim triggered a series of escalating visions and fears influenced by famine, isolation, and extreme cold. Followers began identifying neighbors as devils and enemies of salvation. Over a few terrifying days, several people were beaten, shot, or forced into the freezing sea, including a woman and her infant. When the violence ended, authorities traveled across the ice to investigate the killings, leading to multiple trials that exposed the devastating impact of isolation and spiritual panic on a vulnerable community.