This is another reminder that
wolves are and have always been extremely dangerous to the isolated human. Last year we posted on an Alaskan school
teacher caught out while running and killed.
It is just too easy and even a weapon is limited protection against a
determined pack. Fortunately, nothing
like that has never quite happened in the modern era, but the possibility
certainly exists.
Here we learn the value of
serious noise making that the creatures are unfamiliar with. The take home is to carry loud music making
capacity with you at all times. This
should be present practice anyway because we can and will surprise bears in the
wild even close to town. Noise should
send them off running.
It will not save you from an
ambush by a cougar, but it should handle everything else. It may actually be practical today to design
a wrist alarm device that is raucous and easily triggered. Certainly back country travelers are taking
pepper spray and its like. I would
sooner have an air raid siren.
Do not forget that this kid was toast
and he stumbled into a happy ending to tell us about.
Heavy metal saves Norwegian boy from wolves
19:35 20/01/2011
A 13-year-old Norwegian boy avoided being attacked by wolves by playing
a heavy metal song on his mobile phone, the Zvuki.ru music web portal reported
on Thursday.
The incident took place in the central Norwegian municipality of Rakkestad
The song that saved the boy's life was by thrash metal band Megadeth.
The boy said he had been told that in order to avoid being attacked by
wolves one should not run away from them but attack them.
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