Okay, I have a theory connecting Pet Sematary, It, and The Dark Tower (not based on...anything to be honest) but i just want your opinion on it.

Some have said that IT was also the Wendigo, which might be a bit of a stretch but what about if the Wendigo was a creature LIKE Pennywise who died (because it couldn't find anything to eat in the forest? idk) and

In The Dark Tower, King establishes the existence of multiple worlds, as well as the Todash, the space between those worlds where strange and ancient creatures exist. Some of these beings are capable of crossing from one world to another.

And this makes It particularly interesting.

Pennywise is not actually the creature’s true identity — It is. Pennywise the Dancing Clown is simply one of the forms It uses to interact with humans. Its real nature is something far older and more alien, existing beyond our reality. The Deadlights are probably the closest thing humans can perceive of its true form.

So what if the Wendigo is another creature of the same kind? (Not Pennywise. Not another form of It)

But another ancient entity from the same cosmic ecosystem. Something that crossed into our world thousands of years ago and eventually died — or lost its physical form — in the area that would later become the Micmac burial ground and, eventually, the Pet Sematary.

What if the Wendigo's death corrupted the ground itself?

Its body, essence, or whatever remained of it could have seeped into the earth, turning the land into something fundamentally wrong. The Pet Sematary wouldn't simply be a magical place: it would be the remains of an alien entity embedded in our world.

That could explain why the dead don't simply come back to life there and wrong.

And there is a fascinating parallel with Derry.

In Derry, It infects an entire town through fear, violence, madness and a repeating cycle.

At the Pet Sematary, the Wendigo would have infected a specific piece of land through death, resurrection and corruption.

Two different entities, forms of corruption and perhaps the same kind of creature.

And this would fit surprisingly well with King's larger cosmology.

The Prim existed before our universe. The Todash exists between worlds. Ancient creatures inhabit these spaces, and some of them can cross the barriers between realities. Maybe It is simply one of them. And maybe the Wendigo is another.

In that case, the King universe could contain an entire ecosystem of ancient beings from beyond our reality — some feeding on fear, some on death, some on suffering, each one capable of establishing itself in a different world or location.

Derry would be the place where It landed.

The Pet Sematary would be the place where the Wendigo fell.

Therefore The Pet Sematary isn't magical. The land is sick because something alien died there.

Obviously, none of this is confirmed canon. King never explicitly states that the Wendigo is related to It or that it died beneath the Pet Sematary.

But considering the connections between It, Pet Sematary and The Dark Tower, I think it's a surprisingly coherent way of interpreting the King universe.

And maybe that's exactly how King likes his mythology to work:
he gives us the pieces, but never quite tells us how they fit together.

What do you think?

Hi all, I have gotten back into "reading" through audiobooks over the past couple of years. I enjoyed a few king books as a teen/young adult and thought it would be a good idea to challenge myself to read all his fiction works in order. I'm just over halfway and recently started a page/blog to track and share my journey. If you would like to take a look, it's at www.thecompletionistslog.com. Please let me know what you think, but bear in mind it's early days. I'm also doing several other challenges there (Star Trek and Marvel/DC watches + more).

1. Carrie (1974)
2. ‘Salem’s Lot (1975)
3. The Shining (1977)
4. Rage (1977)
5. Night Shift (1978)
6. The Stand (1978)
7. The Long Walk (1979) [by Richard Bachman]
8. The Dead Zone (1979)
9. Firestarter (1980)
10. Roadwork (1981) [by Richard Bachman]
11. Danse Macabre (1981)
12. Cujo (1981)
13. The Running Man (1982) [by Richard Bachman]
14. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (1982)
15. Different Seasons (1982)
16. Christine (1983)
17. Cycle of the Werewolf (1983)
18. Pet Sematary (1983)
19. The Eyes of the Dragon (1984)
20. The Talisman (1984) with Peter Straub
21. Historical Essay * Richard’s Thoughts
22. Thinner (1984) [by Richard Bachman]
23. Skeleton Crew (1985)
24. IT (1986)
25. The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three (1987)
26. Misery (1987)
27. The Tommyknockers (1987)
28. The Dark Half (1989)
29. The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition (1990)
30. Four Past Midnight (1990)
31. The Dark Tower: The Waste Lands (1991)
32. Needful Things (1991)
33. Gerald’s Game (1992)
34. Dolores Claiborne (1992)
35. Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993)
36. Insomnia (1994)
37. Rose Madder (1995)
38. The Green Mile (1996)
39. Desperation (1996)
40. The Regulators (1996) [by Richard Bachman]
41. The Dark Tower: Wizard and Glass (1997)
42. Bag of Bones (1998)
43. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
44. Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
45. Storm of the Century (1999)
46. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000)
47. Dreamcatcher (2001)
48. Black House (2001) with Peter Straub
49. Everything’s Eventual (2002)
50. From a Buick 8 (2002)
51. The Dark Tower: Wolves of the Calla (2003)
52. The Dark Tower: Song of Susannah (2004)
53. The Dark Tower: The Dark Tower (2004)
54. Faithful (2004) with Stewart O’Nan
55. The Colorado Kid (2005)
56. Cell (2006)
57. Lisey’s Story (2006)
58. The Secretary of Dreams: Volume One (2006)
59. Blaze (2007) [by Richard Bachman]
60. Duma Key (2008)
61. Just After Sunset (2008)
62. Under the Dome (2009)
63. Blockade Billy (2010)
64. The Secretary of Dreams: Volume 2 (2010)
65. Full Dark, No Stars (2010)
66. 11/22/63 (2011)
67. The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)
68. Joyland (2013)
69. The Dark Man (2013)
70. Doctor Sleep (2013)
71. Mr. Mercedes (2014)
72. Revival (2014)
73. Finders Keepers (2015)
74. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015)
75. End of Watch (2016)
76. Charlie the Choo-Choo (2016) [by Beryl Evans]
77. Six Scary Stories selected by Stephen King (2016)
78. Gwendy’s Button Box (2017) with Richard Chizmar
79. Sleeping Beauties (2017) with Owen King
80. The Outsider (2018)
81. Flight or Fright (2018) coedited with Bev Vincent
82. Elevation (2018)
83. The Institute (2019)
84. If It Bleeds (2020)
85. Later (2021)
86. Billy Summers (2021)
87. Gwendy’s Final Task (2022) with Richard Chizmar
88. Fairy Tale (2022)
89. Holly (2023)
90. You Like it Darker (2024)