List of wolf attacks in North America
There are few documented wolf attacks on humans in North America in comparison to Eurasia and other larger carnivores.
There have been fatal wolf attacks on humans in North America:
Because of the relative rarity of documented wolf attacks on humans in North America, some non-fatal attacks have been of interest to experts.
After the incident, tracks seemed to show that the wolves had come quite close to the woman when she was running, but after she turned to face them, ran off into the bushes and then left, instead of flanking or surrounding her as she had feared.
Before the incident, about forty elk had been watering at a nearby pond and using a nearby hay-field as a wintering ground.
Early in the morning of July 2, some members of the party were forced to use a bear banger to scare away a wolf that wouldn't leave the campsite. At about 2am, a wolf began dragging Langevin, who had been asleep in the open in a sleeping bag. The wolf had moved him several meters away from the campfire when he awoke, sat up, and shouted. The wolf stopped, stepped back, and attacked at the midsection, still encased in the sleeping bag. Langevin fought it with his hands and arms, and rolled back towards the fire pit. The wolf bit him on the back and head, leaving multiple lacerations and separating a part of his scalp from the skull before being chased away by a group of other campers. The attack lasted about five minutes.
The man was transported to hospital in Victoria, where his scalp flap was reattached with 50 stitches, and wounds to his hands and back were treated. The two adult wolves were killed the next day, tested negative for rabies. The same wolves had earlier menaced several nature photographers. The stomach contents showed no sign of scavenging human food.
A "Wolf Advisory" from the BC Ministry of the Environment (BC Parks) on 3 May 2016 warns that wolves in the vicinity of Vargas Island have learned to scavenge food by removing the hatch covers from kayaks. It recommends caching/hanging unattended food, never sleeping in the open and not bringing dogs to this destination.
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