Yeah - I was surprised at how the wolf behaved too! I would have thought he would run away.

There are many wolves up here - we see them quite frequently. They're really not as shy as a lot of people think they are - though I've never heard of anyone getting that close to one before, without being threatened.

A girl I work with is married to a guy who works for the paper mill. He was out in a remote area using a machine that cuts trees to the necessary length. He got out of the machine and said he felt like he was being watched. He turned around and less than 100 feet away was a female wolf staring him right in the eye and bearing her teeth and snarling. She maintained eye contact with him and obviously meant business. So he backed up to the machine and climbed the stairs into the cab backward. Once he got back inside, he managed to scare her off somehow - but he figures she must have had her cubs really nearby or something. That's the only thing that would explain her behavior.

Later, he and his coworks were lucky enough to witness a pack of wolves closing in on a deer. He says their teamwork is really awesome to watch.