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Wolves freak out soldier with stalking game
Published: 14 Sep 12 11:30 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20120914-44963.html
A German soldier lost his nerve when three young wolves followed him on a night exercise, stopping when he stopped and getting closer when he carried on walking – just like a game of “What’s the time Mr Wolf?”
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Whenever he stopped and turned around, the wolves did too, and then when he set off again, they duly followed.
As he became increasingly anxious, the soldier headed for a tower on the parade ground and scrambled up it, local police reported later. But the wolves waited patiently below, circling his refuge.
Eventually the soldier, who was armed but did not have live ammunition with him, climbed down and kicked at them, at which point they kept their distance. But they did not give up, and followed him again when he headed for the barracks.
Before he got there though, the wolves disappeared into the darkness, having apparently lost interest.
Helge John, wolf expert at the Federal Forestry Commission, said the trio of wolves must have been young, probably around six months old, since fully grown animals usually run away when they smell humans. But young wolves can be very curious, he said.
Advising walkers who encounter wolves, John said, "Stay calm, stop, and keep your distance." He also said that one should address wolves in a decisive tone.
The German army now says it will draw up guidelines on what soldiers should do when they meet a wolf in the wild.
Wolves have only recently been sighted again in the Munster region of Lower Saxony - for the first time in a hundred years. The wolves that followed the soldier could have been the three cubs spotted recently by a naturalist in the region.
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Umm...Yes it is.
Lower Saxony = Niedersachsen
Learn German!
If you search using Google.com, it will not pick up Muster and gives you Münster instead. If you try Google.de then there is no problem.
So, you are both correct, just that this one happens to be the former, versus the latter.
Viele GruBe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munster,_Lower_Saxony
Münster doesn't = Munster
I can see it all a new film staring wxman aus dem Wald,wow.
I wonder what would happen if he was in an observation post in camoflage and the wolves expressed a curiosity by sniffing around? Would he wet his pants, climb the nearest tree, or run home to mummy?
Reminds me of the day in Vietnam walking along a jungle trail, came around the corner and there was a tiger standing in the middle, staring at us, just as surprised as we were. No, we didn't climb a tree, and no we didn't run home to mummy, nor did we shoot him either, we just stared at each other for a time, then the tiger loped off into the jungle.
The experience did wisen us up a little, as until then, we had no idea there were even tigers in Vietnam, made the nights sleeping in the jungle a little more interesting.
If he would have had ammo, this wouldn't be a story.
No it would have been a huge story (in the eyes of the press), soldier kills wolves. Save the gay whale types would have been crawling out of the woodwork, politicians of all parties would have been using this to get maximum face time in the media and the poor soldier would have ended up on the front page of the Bild under the headline "Munster wolf murderer". He would have ended up in front of a judge for discharging his weapon on German soil when not deployed on an overseas peace keeping mission. Some senior officer would have has to resign and the soldier would have lost his job. Not to mention the biggest crime, hunting without a licence..................
How can one stop and keep the distance.. Is that Johny English :))
If you stop and they are not moving then naturally you are keeping your distance apart the same .
Wherein lies the problem ?.
There is no problem.Just lighten up..
Why do everyone think so seriously
"Why do everyone think so seriously"
See comment #2 .
I was only joking too,enjoy your weekend :-)
You really can't be called "armed" if you don't have any bullets now can you?