Woman walking dogs spots what she thinks are sled dogs — until they start howling
“I was absolutely terrified. I’ve never encountered anything like that,” the woman said of the encounter in Canada.
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“I was absolutely terrified. I’ve never encountered anything like that,” the woman said of the encounter in Canada.
Stephanie Yuill was walking along the shore of Fox Lake in the Yellowknife area Saturday when she rounded a point and spotted what she initially thought was a group of sled dogs trotting toward her.
The N.W.T. department of Environment and Climate Change has warned anyone using trails north of Yellowknife to use "extreme caution" after wildlife officers reported a pack of wolves stalking a hiker and their dogs in the area on Saturday.
The N.W.T. government issued a fire ban for some territorial parks, just ahead of the weekend on Friday afternoon, including Hidden Lake and Hay River Territorial Parks.
The Northwest Territories government is adding to its list of territorial parks under a fire ban ahead of the May long weekend. The Town of Fort Smith is the latest to ban fires within its limits.