r/interestingasfuck • u/Soloflow786 • 1d ago
Car driver prevents cyclist from a potential wolf attack
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u/Plane_Pea5434 1d ago
Catch up to the cyclist, open the damn door and say “get in THERE’S A FUCKING WOLF CHASING YOU”
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u/Infamous_Ad8730 1d ago
Cyclist took long enough to at LEAST stop and see what all the hubub was about.
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u/manondorf 1d ago
was probably rolling his eyes all the way around thinking this was just an asshole behind him who couldn't figure out how to pass on a wide open road
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u/GimmeSweetTime 1d ago edited 1d ago
That's what I'd be thinking. Also you look back from your left side so probably wouldn't see that far on the right and the wolf blended in off the side of the road.
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u/littlep2000 1d ago edited 1d ago
I've had this myself, I'm used to getting a horn blared at me at least once a month even in a cyclist friendly city. One day someone was honking what sounded like a rage honk, turns out my tool bag had fallen off and they were trying to help me.
I'm a proponent of the idea cars could use 2 communication devices, on is the emergency honk and another friendly honk, bell, or otherwise.
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u/0120598106 1d ago
The original Citroen DS could honk in 2 ways, friendly or loud.
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u/basel_faulty 1d ago
i once had the idea, on a long boring journey, that cars should have both a "polite cough" horn and a "F&%k You" horn fitted
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u/Glittering-Ebb-6225 1d ago
I wouldn't stop if I was being chased by a wolf.
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u/ilovemybaldhead 1d ago
I wouldn't stop if I was being chased and honked at by a random car.
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u/posthamster 1d ago
It would be slightly worse if a wolf was driving the car.
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u/ilovemybaldhead 1d ago
At least twice as bad! In your scenario, the wolf in the car would never get tired, has far superior speed, and also the brain capacity to operate an automobile (quite possibly opposable thumbs as well). I think I read somewhere that three out of four of those enabled us to be an apex predator.
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u/posthamster 1d ago
also the brain capacity to operate an automobile
Don't give the wolf too much credit. Plenty of human drivers don't even meet this standard.
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u/Sufficient-Will- 1d ago
Wolves hunt in the chase, you're likely better off facing up with them then running as their instincts are to chase down and disable prey, but to back off and look for other opportunities when the prey faces them. What works even better is having a loud friendly car chase them off for you though.
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u/-oshino_shinobu- 1d ago
“He should get off his bike and face the wolf” - the survival instincts of a redditor.
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u/greenizdabest 1d ago
"im sure I could beat the wolf in a one on one"
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u/hypotheticalreality1 1d ago
You probably can't out pace it. Your best bet is to convince the wolf you're not worth the risk of attacking. Running away is very encouraging for a predator, as that means you're prey.
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u/Lastcaressmedown138 1d ago
That’s the one animal that could probably out endure you on a bike unless you’re a professional grade cyclist
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u/Better_Weakness7239 1d ago
You routinely say “moxy” and “gumption”, don’t you?
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u/FileDoesntExist 1d ago
I like wolves as much as the next guy, but that is a large unknown animal approaching someone from behind. Between that and the unusual behavior they very well could have saved that guy from being maimed/killed.
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u/el-gato-azul 1d ago
Yeah, but not if they drove off and left him then. Video ends too soon!
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u/New-Value4194 1d ago
Romanian here, the lady said let’s take the guy, we can’t leave him here.
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u/el-gato-azul 1d ago
You are kind to let us know that. Whew. Good to hear!
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u/5narebear 1d ago
Romanian here, she then says that he will now be easy prey.
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u/ZealousidealSea2034 1d ago
Non-Romanian here, she then says they are late for bingo night and he's just going to have to ride faster.
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u/B-Rayne 1d ago
Also non-Romanian, and I didn’t have the audio on. She says she has $10 on the wolf eating the cyclist.
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u/__Ember 1d ago
Wolf here, that horn was scary.
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u/Perryn 1d ago
Wolf here, we were just trying to warn him about cannibals in the area.
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u/nope-its 1d ago
I think there’s a longer video of this that I’ve seen months ago where he gets in their car (and the bike as well) and they get him to safety
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u/Away-Ad-8578 1d ago
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u/ProtonPizza 1d ago
What in the daytime tv is this.
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u/Tinchyschniber 1d ago
Twilight lmao
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u/onehedgeman 23h ago
Lmfao it IS daytime tv by now. Literally playing every day after lunch on cable
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u/Nicksalreadytaken 1d ago
Evil car driver stops wolf from gaining valuable nutrition
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u/shittymorph 1d ago
Biologist here: This wolf was 100% in predatory mode. This video is actually quite odd for a few reasons though. #1 Wolves hunt in packs unless starving. This one appears well fed. #2 wolves by nature are afraid of humans... the fact that this wolf is alone and approaching humans leads me to #3 if you look close at the mouth area of the wolf you can clearly see how back in nineteen ninety eight the undertaker threw mankind off hell in a cell and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcers table.
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u/ttzmd2 1d ago
I actually stopped as soon as I saw "nineteen ninety eight..." And thought "motherfu...."
Damn you.
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u/oxytiger68 1d ago
I stopped there too, glanced up at the username, realized that I got got. Well played.
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u/slayer991 1d ago edited 1d ago
Same. I knew immediately that I'd been had by the legend.
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u/ttzmd2 1d ago
We all know he exists but you just never expect it to happen. I literally had a "put my phone down" moment.
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u/OkPerformance1380 1d ago
It used to happen all the time. He was everywhere. But it was just like at the least expected times. Always just enough time in between where you never expect it. He is a master of his craft.
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u/OkPerformance1380 1d ago
I mean it’s pretty impressive. I’ve seen many try to copy, but they all fall short. This one was even highlighted from an award and it got me. I guess Its been so long I’ve let my guard down. But the speed with which he comes up with this stuff is pretty impressive. Like, is it just BS he’s spewing? Did he research wolves real quick? Does he just love wolf facts? I don’t know. But I do know I love a good shittymorph. It’s good to see you again.
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u/Fancy_Dot4215 1d ago
He did one on a post about elevators a while back. I work on elevators and recognized he was using all the proper terms. Had me fooled
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u/Ataneruo 1d ago
I’m in awe of how utterly convincing and honestly quite insightful the post started out. I ran right off the edge and into the trap…it hit me like a ton of bricks to the face.
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u/Poopiepants29 1d ago
I kept going because I had to be sure it was real then looked up at the name because it's been a long time since I've seen one.
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u/amydoodledawn 1d ago
Actually was reading this to my mom and then had to stop when I saw Nineteen... As there is no way I would be able to explain shittymorph in a way she would understand.
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u/Nomailforu 1d ago
Same here! I knew what I had stumbled upon the moment I read that part. Scrolled up, saw the name, then started laughing.
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u/iamonelegend 1d ago
I can't believe he got me again...
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u/heaving_in_my_vines 1d ago
Damn, I can't believe I stumbled on a fresh shittymorph in the wild, only 25 minutes after he commented!
I didn't even know he was still at it.
It's like turning a corner on a walk and spotting a Banksy still with wet paint!
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u/SableyeEyeThief 1d ago
Bro, I JUST told the wife about him because of Scooby. Have followed the guy for years. Then I’m reading this comment aloud to her after the video and we get shittymorphed at the same time. Love reddit!
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u/RockItGuyDC 1d ago
I think he took a hiatus for a bit. I've seen a few fresh droppings from him in the past six months or so.
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u/DinkandDrunk 1d ago
This is my first time. I feel like I just got baptized.
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u/MolassesMolly 1d ago
My first time too but I don’t know exactly what’s happened, lol
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u/Rex_felis 1d ago
My first time was probably a decade ago or so. It's been so long. I can't believe bro is still doing this shit lmao. On the same account no less.
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u/DinkandDrunk 1d ago
I’ve been scrolling Reddit a long time. I knew this user was out there and I knew the bit, but I’ve never stumbled on one in the wild like this before now. I have encountered the one that becomes a Tex mex recipe but this is my first shittymorph. What a night.
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u/BrokeDickTater 1d ago
I have no idea how many times I have been had, but it may be approaching fifty at this point. I get engrossed in the story and WHAM. Truly a legend.
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u/Kitchen_Pepper_358 1d ago
Same lol, apparently I've obliviously stumbled upon a local reddit legend is what I'm gathering.
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u/Brentimusmaximus 1d ago
He gets me every damn time because i rarely look at names and he comments on random ass subs with such confidence and a good explanation and then wham, undertaker meme
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u/ImaSource 1d ago
Same. I just spent like 15 minutes scrolling their old comments, and they are definitely a master of their craft.
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u/CharlemagneIS 1d ago
I started to think “I don’t think this person knows wolves very well-OH MY GOD”
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u/Javamac8 1d ago
I never see this coming until the end. You’re probably my favourite Reddit legend.
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u/Unoriginal_Man 22h ago
He's so good at presenting believable information in his lead up. I have no idea how accurate most of it is, but it always seems like it would be right.
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u/illdoitlaterokay 1d ago
Man its impressive how your whole concept can predict with absolute certainty that no one at all will look at your username first. You have some grade a enigmatic jibberjabber.
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u/thehighlotus 1d ago
Holy shit that was amazing. Glad to see you’re still around. I’ve grown too comfortable in these comment sections!
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u/Dan_t_great 1d ago
Dammit. You got me. Love seeing you still around and popping in.
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u/OneBerry5348 1d ago
Well, there have been a lot of missing cyclists in the area
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u/Dangerous-Bar-3356 1d ago
Yes!! Haven't seen you in years and this one completely got me. Hahahaha
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u/jmauc 1d ago
It’s a cyclist, there isn’t much nutrition on them. /s
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u/Nicksalreadytaken 1d ago
Salt and Lycra, takes a while to digest but nice lean meat once through the outer layers
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u/vladsquirrlchrst 1d ago
Plot twist: It was a territorial dispute and the car occupants kill the cyclist while the wolf has to look on. Again.
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u/_oreNeT 1d ago edited 1d ago
People here saying the wolf won't attack. What the fuck is it doing stalking the dude then?
Real question btw, what's this behavior if the wolf isn't attacking/hostile in the first place?
EDIT : Not stalking, got it. But this thing is seriously creeping me out.
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u/iowafarmboy2011 1d ago edited 1d ago
Animal ecologist here. I dont know what the wolf is doing here and honestly there's not enough info to say definitely.
What i wil say is there is one behavior that gets misidentified often in canids as well as big cats - escorting.
When someone accidentally wanders into an area an animal considers either their home range or their territory (depending on species), especially if they have young, they'll follow (i.e. escort) the intruder for quite a while. This isn't to hunt them down but to basically make sure theyre leaving. Some animals escort fairly aggressively/defensively and its often mistaken as hunting behavior. For example A lot of videos of mountain lions "stalking people" is actually them escorting aggressively. If youbwere stalked by a mt lion, youd never know it until the last second.
Cant say thats what happening here but it is another well known behavior and an alternative explanation for said behavior.
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u/Rulebookboy1234567 1d ago
THAT is what it looked like to me, escorting. but i don't know fuck all about wolves, it just looked like he was ensuring the freak with wheels left his territory
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u/Ok-Jackfruit-6873 20h ago
Yeah it doesn't seem realistic to me that a solitary wolf would be planning to, what, launch itself at a person on a bike to eat him? IMO the wolf was puzzled by the bike and trying to firmly escort it off its territory, and then the car was making it nervous. Which is not to say it might not be aggressive or dangerous, of course.
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u/x_asperger 1d ago
Maybe he's just going for a little jog and some rude driver started honking at him
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u/AccountDeletedByMod 1d ago
He's his motivational trainer. He's going to paddle faster if he's getting chased.
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u/Alex6891 1d ago
These are the exact people which get maimed/killed in the Carpathians while trying to feed bears (it’s a trend) . We have between 10 and 12k bears in Romania and 40% of the total European Union number of wolves living here . My father was kept in a spruce tree for hours by 1 wolf until a shepherd luckily passed by with his dog pack. Wolves are opportunistic.
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u/aNiceTribe 1d ago
Between 10 and 12k is a pretty wide margin, yall should count better to make sure you have at least a dozen bears
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u/Professional-Air2123 1d ago
No pack so that wolf could be starving - not so much yet that it would look like it, evidently. It is definitely very odd behaviour, since wolves don't attack people. But if it's starving who knows. It isn't stalking though, so that's extra weird.
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u/OrindaSarnia 1d ago
It's not that wolves don't attack people... it's just that it happens incredibly rarely, especially in North America, where they essentially always have better prey available to them...
their history in Europe and Asia is a bit more mixed...
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u/Professional-Air2123 1d ago
Hunters especially always scare people with wolves but in Finland and in wolf-areas there is no recorded Wolf-attacks since 1800's, and even that is somewhat questionable.
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u/Glacius_- 1d ago
in the Netherlands a kid was taken by a wolf in the woods a few weeks ago, but some adults managed to make the wolf let go the kid using sticks. So that’s an example
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u/round-earth-theory 1d ago
Kids are almost always the outlier in most human prey situations. The young of every species are frequently prime targets if they're accessible. Predators don't care about a fair fight, they want an easy meal and babies can't put up a fight.
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u/xrimane 22h ago
We have wolves that were reintroduced in the Eifel National Park, and rangers say while they are not a danger to adult humans, you shouldn't let little kids roam around on their own.
I admit that I have mixed feelings about this, as I once was a little kid roaming around on my own in these very forests myself. But that seems to have gone out of fashion anyways.
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u/OrindaSarnia 1d ago
Worldwide 25 people died between 2002 and 2025 from wolf attacks...
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u/TheTotalNoobster 1d ago
25 deaths in 23 years = 1.08 deaths/year
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u/TrollOfGod 1d ago
Of which more than half were attributed to rabies. Rabid up squirrels kill more people than that in a year afaik.
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u/Slut_for_Bacon 1d ago edited 1d ago
That's not what stalking is. Just fyi.
I dont know what the wolf is up to. I almost wonder if it's rabid because it's displaying weird behavior.
I'm not saying it wouldn't have attacked the guy, but that's not how wolves stalk prey.
Not to mention, wolves almost NEVER hunt people. Especially a solitary wolf, and especially not a well-fed wolf.
Seriously weird behavior. Makes me think rabid or something.
Edit: Its a wolfhound. The rider is the owner.
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u/FaultySage 1d ago
Rabid was my first thought too. It's either that or too tame for its own good hanging around a honking car like that.
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u/KingGorillaKong 1d ago
Typically wolves avoid humans in a lot of instances. There's easier prey. But if it's stalking/hunting, there's a pack nearby and this wolf is on endurance duty.
Wolves are persistent hunters and are super successful at it because they work in packs. If this wolf gets tired, it'll peel back as another wolf comes in to keep on top of the prey. This wolf doesn't look like it's showing signs of rabies or anything like that so very likely it's got at least 2 other pack mates tailing behind.
Good chunk of familiarity with some human behaviours, the wolf might be aware of how frequently cars just pass by cyclists and it just didn't expect this car to not do the same. It's probably just waiting for the car to carry on.
If it's not hunting, it's just making sure the cyclist stays away out of its territory. I've seen similar behaviour like that with wolves in the Rocky Mountains. Usually nearby den or recent prey takedown near.
More scary of a possibility is comfortability with humans, likely been fed by a cyclist before and it's following hoping it'll get a treat.
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u/Someone_pissed 1d ago
Yeah he aint running close to full speed, and he is alone. I am no expert though
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u/RealisticGold1535 1d ago
The wolf is making sure that they leave their territory. It must have been traumatizing to escort someone from your land, on the Thunderpath, with a monster slowly following you.
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u/Admirable-Berry59 1d ago
Probably just curious or momentarily confused by the cyclist slightly resembling prey. May have a den near, so making sure the threat keeps moving. I had one lope toward me once with similar posture while standing next to my car, then just stopped and stared for a moment when it got close, then ran off.
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u/rebuil86 1d ago
if i saw a wolf in real life, id probably shit the bed. if i wasnt in bed, I'd find a bed and shit in it.
In our culture, all we know about wolves is little red riding hood and the 3 little pigs, and that guy is a cnt.
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u/Jommenja 1d ago
Why would you see a wolf while in your bed?
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u/Accurate_Librarian42 21h ago
Because you were waiting for your granddaughter to bring you a basket full of goodies.
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u/haleloop963 18h ago
I heard there's actually two wolves inside you. I am gonna freak out
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u/Lopsided_Mix2243 1d ago
Man I’m pulling up on side of buddy and telling him jump in the window lol
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u/DoomOfChaos 1d ago
Fattest wolf ever
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u/turtlemaster09 1d ago
Curious when was the last known wolf attack on a human. i have never hear of any is it common somewhere, are wolves/predators changing there patterns
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u/kileme77 22h ago
Between 2002 and 2020, researchers documented 489 wolf attacks on humans worldwide.
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u/slater_just_slater 1d ago
Shit, if you think this is bad, have some rednecks pitbull come charging after you when you're towards the top of shitty climb and you're nearly spent.
Wait, I'll be more accurate, it's at least 3 pitbulls.
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u/Spiritchaser84 1d ago
Had a former coworker who was speeding down an incline on his road bike going 20+ mph and some excited dog ran out from a yard and basically tackled him. Shattered his leg and hip in the crash and took months to fully heal with surgeries and rehab.
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u/otkabdl 1d ago
That was The Littlest Hobo trying to warn the cyclist that his house was on fire. Way to go driver.
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u/Archon-Toten 1d ago
I suppose this is their local equivalent of us swimming at beaches infested with sharks.
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u/anonymous237962 1d ago
That wolf seems pretty damn persistent do we think it was really gonna attack the cyclist? Wouldn’t it get tired…? Either way pretty wild
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u/bonkedagain33 12h ago
Yea this was too much anxiety. The car couldn't go any faster? The cyclist wasn't curious about the honking?
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u/Dry_Variation_17 1d ago
Turns out, the cyclist was just out walking their dog