Sometime predateing the film, the Fort would sell animal furs to trading company's, they would eventuly learn that the forest surrounding the fort is infested with werewolves, belived to be connected to the wendigo acoreding the the native americans. Eventuly the resdince where forced down the a minimal number of survivors, an inevitability due the constant werewolf attacks. During one of the attacks, Wallace's son, Geoffry and wife where mauled. What Gilbert and the other survivors did not realise is that while Wallace's wife was killed, Wallace had his infected son hide in his house.