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Although even then i really questioned it ....a hungry pack of wolves can take down Elk. A human being wouldn't be much trouble. And if they took down a human, in the wildnerness, and they ate him (including a lot of the bones, with the rest being taken care of by scavengers ranging from foxes in the US to badgers in Europe), would any evidence be left? Or if it is snowing? For all intents and purposes the person would be termed as 'lost.' Nowadays it may be much harder, but it would be hard to convince me that in the olden days (e.g. before wolves were killed off in Europe, which I have to say was on the extreme side) no one was ever killed by wolves.
It kind of reminds me of something else i used to hear as a child ....that in Africa Hyenas are scavengers, and that they do not attack people ....until later 'discoveries' showed that hyenas are actually one of the most effective efficient hunters (second only to African WildDogs), and that in some areas do not even need to scavenge (with cases of lions even scavenging from hyena kills). And as for killing people ....well, ranging from faces bitten off to kids snatched away to one case of a hyena biting through a sheet-metal home to get to the occupants inside! Let's say hyenas may not have the tally of man-eating lions, but they are not stupid laughing mangy beasts (an adult femal hyena - the females are larger and have more or less the same genetalia as the males - is quite big, and has jaws that can crack anything that doesn't have 'diamond' or 'titanium' in its name).
There was one other documented case in Canada.
I sincerely doubt that his last words were "Dang, I wish I had a permit to shoot you..."
I have to wonder if the poor man was completely mislead to underestimate the presence of predators and their true danger to himself.
What a horror! Prayers for the family.
I’m not completely clear on why it’s so important to the family to have an official finding that their son was killed by a wolf, rather than by a bear. After all, he’s no less dead. Nevertheless, I hope they find comfort and closure in this act.
I would think it would be a short list..
I never camp without a firearm.
Period.
Then again, I never drive anywhere without a firearm.
Period.
An expert, who prepared a report for the coroner’s office, said it was more likely a bear killed Carnegie.
How comforting.
