Possible wolf sighting in Spokane? You decide

[KFhunter]

Maybe that guy that got surrounded by a pack a couple years ago and had to shoot one that tried to come in from the rear thought they would be wary?

 Maybe the gal in Idaho that barely stopped a wolf with her hand gun thought theyd be wary?

Maybe the USFW gal that sprayed a wolf numerous times with bear spray and ended up having to climb a tree twice thought they were suppose to be wary?

Maybe that kid who got his head chomped in his tent thought theyd be wary?

 Maybe the guy attacked this summer in Canada thought they'd be wary?

Maybe the mountian biker who got attacked thought theyd be wary?

Maybe the teacher that got pursued then killed by wolves and partially consumed thought wolves were suppose to be wary of people??

I mean they've all been told wolves are wary of people right??
 
I won't be taking any selfies with wolves idahunter, if they're that close then an attack is likely imminent. Telling people that wolves are wary and avoid people only gets people hurt.

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I figured you would bail when asked to present direct evidence of all these wolves that are unwary of humans in NE WA.  And please don't waste my time providing links to other peoples pics/videos...that would be like me arguing there are 400" bulls all over the place and they are easy to find and then giving you a bunch of youtube links to other guys who are out finding actual 400" bulls.  Absurd.

BTW - nobody has ever stated wolves or any predators won't and don't attack or threaten people...my statement was that MOST wolves are wary of humans.  And given the millions of people wandering the woods in areas where wolves live, of course there are going to be encounters.  General animal behavior doesn't mean a whole lot when its the one predator that's chewing on you personally, but to suggest that "wolves are wary of humans" is some liberal pro wolf talking point is absurd tinfoil hat BS and you know it.  Otherwise you would be able to immediately produce several of your own pictures of wolves as you live among hundreds...and you obviously can't...because its actually not all that easy to find a wolf and take its picture...because they are generally WARY of humans.  Some folks, probably some on this forum, could do it...but they are talented and spend a lot of time and have a lot of knowledge regarding wildlife behavior...but the average guy is not going to wander out in the woods and find multiple encounters with these "unwary" wolves.   

You're killin' me smalls 

You minimize other peoples' videos and encounters in order to attempt to personalize it to me directly, but those encounters are very real and done by UN-wary wolves to very ordinary people.

There's no dispute, wary wolves wouldn't attack people or even come close, yet they frequently are and doing it more frequently where they're protected.  The evidence will keep rolling in and you'll keep being wrong as you've been from the very start.

[nwwanderer]

Sorry, do not get the argument.  Canids do attack people in endless and varying scenarios.  Be careful out there

[jasnt]

I’d say it’s difficult to make broad statements about predator behavior.   Soon as you use the words always or never one will prove you wrong.  I’m sure where wolves are hunted that most are wary of people, where they aren’t hunted many are not wary of people.  Wonder how many folks have been with in a hundred yards of wolves/wolf and never saw it, or even new it was there.  Not because it was wary of people but because ne wa is thick country and the wolf had other things to do.  Wolves have nothing to fear from law abiding citizens in Washington, and many have proven that.  I’m sure there are wolves in wa that tuck tail and hide at the sight or smell of people but many just go about their business.  Then there are those that are curious and or aggressive towards people. 
They are all a little different just like people.  Most of the wolves I’ve seen were not wary of me, ones I haven’t seen could have been wary or just didn’t care. 

I still believe the op is of a wolf

Many folks would say whitetail are wary of people yet we have been having deer walk right up on my crew on the job site and start munching apples in the yard.  Where critters call home and the past interactions they have had can dictate their behavior.

[KFhunter]

Where critters call home and the past interactions they have had can dictate their behavior.

that, in a nutshell


the same wolf can be curious and non-confrontational allowing you to take a "selfie" but then you stumble on a kill site, den site, or rendezvous site then that same wolf can become very aggressive and you might not know why.

[idaho guy]

Where critters call home and the past interactions they have had can dictate their behavior.

that, in a nutshell


the same wolf can be curious and non-confrontational allowing you to take a "selfie" but then you stumble on a kill site, den site, or rendezvous site then that same wolf can become very aggressive and you might not know why.

Idaho wolves have completely changed behavior with hunting and trapping seasons. But you can and people do occasionally run into that one weird wolf or pack in Idaho that is not only unwary but outright aggressive. In Washington I would say the odd wolves are wary and skittish and your normal wolf is probably not concerned with people. Think about it like training a dog Idaho is creating respect for humans and Washington so far is doing the opposite. Bottom line is the narrative about wolves their behaviors and consequences of having them has been totally wrong in most instances. Somebody  wants to isolate this to just wolves being wary of people but I had the same arguments here before about wolf impacting game population and of course it was habitat not extra predators creating the problems. Bottom line is most of what we were told about wolves that was based on decades of “scientific research “ was totally false. I think the video is pretty good evidence that wolves in Washington care less about people and right circumstances would be aggressive.