Posted on 08/20/2018 4:56:54 AM PDT by marktwain
On 12 July, 2018, a salmon researcher was treed by a pack of wolves in a Washington state wilderness area. She tried pepper spray and yelling, but the pack surrounded her and she climbed a tree. She later climbed down, only to find the wolves still there. She scrambled back up the tree and called for rescue, about 12:30 p.m. From capitalpress.com:
Washington wildlife managers initially opposed sending a helicopter or a search-and-rescue team to save a woman treed by wolves in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, according to recordings and summaries of emergency calls obtained Tuesday.
The Department of Natural Resources pushed back and prepared to dispatch an air crew that eventually executed a swift rescue. Notes from a call between DNR dispatcher Jill Jones and a wildlife officer summarized WDFWs position, and her position, shortly before the helicopter launched.
No helicopter. Federally listed species. 3 WDFW personnel saying so, according to DNRs call log.
We are more concerned for her life than the listed animal, Jones told the officer. He indicated that she is safe up in the tree. I told him that we do not know how safe she is. I dont know how stout the tree is, and if the limbs will continue to hold her or how long she can hold on.
A helicopter crew, in aircraft N338WN, finally rescued the woman later in the day. The crew consisted of four men, who from all reports, did an excellent job.
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
But she had pepper spray.
They see lots of people all the time. People are more of a nuisance than a help. Way too many people at certain times.
They hardly ever see any animals. When they do, it is a rare and treasured occurrence, much valued.
Why should they be worried about some rube out in the woods threatened by some valuable animals. They did not have the sense to stay out of the woods in the first place! /S
It never ceases to amaze how many guys go out in the woods to cut firewood alone. If there was ever a activity more dangerous to do alone I don’t know what it would be.
Great story.
When dogs are in a pack, they have a pack mentality.
It is completely different from how they act alone and with people.
911 DISPATCHER: 911-what is your Emergency?
ME: I identify as a Pygmy Raccoon, which as you know, is an endangered species, but also identify as a black, lesbian female, and am trapped in a tree by a pack of Grey Wolves, which are only a threatened species. I need help immediately!
911 DISPATCHER: Roger that, stay where you are, we will dispatch a rescue team immediately, and have helicopter gunships available to provide support within 10 minutes.
There are two types of leftists...those who would immediately convert to rational thought when in peril and allow the endangered species to be killed, and those who would rather die than harm some other species.
Granted, the former are far, FAR more numerous than the latter!
Everything seems so scary as a kid. You never forget.
I’m still trying to figure out Why was She looking for Salmon up in the trees?
Is there some new species of Salmon that I’m not aware of ?
Hey I might be smart enough to be a waDNR Employee...
You are right there.
Even as I write this, some fifty years later, I can remember the gray, overcast sky, the specific blue color of that little banana bike with the coaster brake, and the nervousness I had looking over my shoulder, muttering to myself “Come on...come on...” as I tried to get that greasy bike chain back on the sprocket.
Did you tell anyone?
Sounds like those dogs were quite dangerous.
LOL, I might not have, I don’t remember. I don’t think I was supposed to be on that part of the base...
If you look deeply into their eyes and blink slowly then gently tip your head ever so slightly they will understand you love them and mean no harm and then you will be able to join the pack.
/s. Right.
The helicopter crew should have responded: “Your transmissions breaking up. I will report when we have returned from the rescue. Out.”
LOL...
It reminds me of the scene from Team America where the woman says “We are not your enemies, Furry Ones...” before the black ‘panthers’ tear up Samuel Jackson and Sean Penn (I think)
Actually in Montana when a grizzly trees someone in Yellowstone National Park it’s not too good for the camper - as a Park ranger told me once the grizzlies leave for a short while and come back JUST when the camper is almost down the tree...
The camper scurries back up only to find that the grizzly has come back with a beaver.
<:-)
I can relate to that...
I suppose the dogs did some good as informal guard dogs.
I wonder what they lived on.
Do you think someone was feeding them?
Its 50 years ago. You were a juvenile. The statutes of limitations have all expired, and many of the adults there at the time are dead.
Again, great story.
When I was a little kid I had to climb a tree once to get away from a leg humping Irish Setter.
Human Lives Matter.
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