"Would you two quit fighting? I am so bored. Look, there's a stupid human female all by herself."
Posted on 12/07/2011 11:07:16 AM PST by skeptoid
At least two wolves chased down and killed a teacher who was jogging on a road last year outside a rural Alaska village, according to a report released Tuesday by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
(Excerpt) Read more at adn.com ...
I want to hear Tom Brokaw report on this story. For one thing, the article doesn’t indicate whether or not she was delicious, as former President Gerald Ford surely would have been.
She was jogging along, oblivious to the world with her earphones in, rounded a curve in the road, and saw a small pack of 3 to four wolves. She turned and ran, dropping her mittens in the process.
One wolf went low off the road, one went high, and the one or two still on the road herded her ahead. The wolf on the high berm got ahead of her, jumped down on top of her, and the rest piled on, probably tumbling down the hill side on the north side of the road. Severely wounded, she briefly got away, but they grabbed her, pulled back down, and then mauled her to death.
Quick, brutal, and coordinated.
Wolves are not people's friends, despite what the enviro-whackjobs say.
Me too....fishing near Yosemite.
S&W Model 686, 7 shot .357, with 200 grain hard point.
You’d better be able to get back on targer for as many follow-up shots as possible!
Folks keep talking about carrying rolling canons, without confidence in their ability to do this.
(.44 mags, .50’s, etc.)
"Would you two quit fighting? I am so bored. Look, there's a stupid human female all by herself."
Good advice. It’s also not very smart to go jogging in areas where there are predators capable of taking down a human. They see you running, there’s a good chance they will think: “FOOD!”
Generic for food.
She may also have been menstruating. Nothing like the smell of fresh blood.
IIRC she was wearing headphones and most likely didn't even hear their approach.
They’re running outdoor grow ops in ALASKA?!?
Which is the MINIMUM caliber for bear country.
That’s why wolves should exterminated where ever they are close to humans or livestock.
understood
Some people just don’t realize how remote, remote can be in Alaska. Some folks cannot comprehend being a few hundred mies from the nearest McDees.
Tastes just like chicken....”Hannibal Lecter”
She was only 4’10”, and unarmed.
My son in law frequently goes hunting in grizzly country and I asked him if he carries “bear spray”. He said yep, its called a .357.>
A tad light,.44mag is preferable. I never leave home without it when going into the woods across the road. Bad critters there. My buddy’s 13 yo nephew shot an over 6’ cougar sneaking up on him. One shot, through the eye, at 100 feet, with a BOW !
"Dimensions
Gray wolves are the largest extant members of the Canidae, excepting certain large breeds of domestic dog.[24] Gray wolf weight and size can vary greatly worldwide, tending to increase proportionally with latitude as predicted by Bergmann's Rule.[45] Adult wolves are 105–160 cm (41–63 in) in length and 80–85 cm (32–34 in) in shoulder height.[46] The tail is ⅔ the length of the head and body,[47] measuring 29–50 cm (11–20 in) in length. The ears are 90–110 millimeters (3.5–4.3 in) in height, and the hind feet are 220–250 mm.[46] Wolf weight varies geographically; on average, European wolves may weigh 38.5 kilograms (85 lb), North American wolves 36 kilograms (79 lb), Indian and Arabian wolves 25 kilograms (55 lb)[48] and North African wolves 13 kilograms (29 lb).[49] Females in any given wolf population typically weigh 5–10 lbs less than males.[50] Wolves weighing over 54 kg (120 lbs) are uncommon, though exceptionally large individuals have been recorded in Alaska, Canada,[50] and the former Soviet Union.[46][51] The heaviest recorded gray wolf in North America was killed on 70 Mile River in east-central Alaska on July 12, 1939 and weighed 79.4 kilograms (175 lb),[50] while the heaviest recorded wolf in Eurasia was killed after World War II in the Kobelyakski Area of the Poltavskij Region, Ukrainian SSR, and weighed 86 kilograms (190 lb).[51]"
I occasionally see a guy with a big, big dog called a Neopolitan Mastiff, and that dude is huge. Slobbering, friendly, unlike my ideas about Gray Wolves in the wild.
It is a good thing to remind ALL dog owners that their veloved friends descend from very capable carnivores.
My 3.5 pound Chihuahua is viscious, when angry, scared, provoked, in presence of perceived food competitor, etc.
In about 1/1000 second he reverts thousands of years from domestic pet to wild hungry wolf, in spite of his small size, which he doesn't understand in the least.
Hate to imagine him at 175 pounds.
>>>Some people just don’t realize how remote, remote can be in Alaska. Some folks cannot comprehend being a few hundred mies from the nearest McDees.<<<
I’m writing this about 280 miles from Fairbanks. Between Fairbanks and myself there are less than 1,000 people, most of whom are in several small villages. It’s been a good place to live. I’ve learned an enormous amount of self-reliance. My son has especially benefited from living out here. And I like living with the wolves, and the bears, and the cold - it teaches you humility and modesty.
We mourned the death of that teacher up here. It’s sad that she didn’t understand where she lived, and it must have been an awful way to die. RIP
She was singing along with Celine Dion?
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Oh, I’d maul her if she made me listen to Celine Dion’s screeching.
"My 3.5 pound Chihuahua is viscious, when angry, scared, provoked, in presence of perceived food competitor, etc...Hate to imagine him at 175 pounds."
There's some pretty powerful pack ferocity on display in microcosm in these rat terriers at work.
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