[pct-l] Re: scariest sound

[chelin at teleport.com (Sharon & Chuck Chelin)]

Good morning, Ken,

I agree with L-Rod, the style of yipping and yowling is very much like a
coyote, but it does seem to be a somewhat deeper voice.  I've heard wolves
in Alaska and Eastern Canada, and that is not what they sound like, except
to the best of my knowledge, I've not heard a juvinal wolf.  I speculate
that a juvinal wolf would not be out rummaging around alone but more likely
would be with a family group.  Up close on a still night, one coyote about
the size of Aunt Tilley's little ankle-bitter lap dog can sound like a whole
pack of demons.

I won't diminish the fact that wolves are large, strong and highly efficient
predators, but for a practical perspective, and some hilarious
entertainment, I recommend finding a copy of a movie titled, Never Cry Wolf.

Steel-Eye


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <kenandeb@sover.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:04 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Re: scariest sound


> This is definetly not the most scared I have been (pretty big coward
> here), but I was alone in the Southwest corner of Yellowstone just off a
> place called Bechler Meadows. Camped in a patch of lodgepole pine just off
> the trail. Woke up in the middle of the night to this god awful noise in
> the distance. For ten minutes it kepted getting closer and closer. Turned
> on my video camera and recorded it as it passed by my tent following the
> trail.
>
> http://www.sover.net/~kenandeb/yellowstone_night.wav
>
> I don't know what animals exactly were involved, wolf, elk, deer, moose,
> You tell me.
> Ken R.
>
>
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