So. For a great many years I've wondered what it would be like to encounter a wolf while walking in the woods at night.
Now I know. It's genuinely unnerving in a manner I have never felt before while out in nature. Frankly. It was intimidating as hell.
Dog and I had an encounter with -I think- a single wolf a couple hundred meters from home.
Thread to jot down my thoughts / the events ->
First of all: I like that we have wolves in Denmark. Today I realized that while I don't have an urge to again see them in person.
One of my favorite things is walking out late at night, or at least when it's dark. The world is a bit quieter, the stars or moonlit clouds are out. It's tranquil. And as it goes dog and I were out enjoying the rhythm of the night.
As clouds covered the moon, and fog was coming in, my headlamp didn't illuminate beyond the immediate.
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Dog and I were at an entrance to our woodland (see photo). As I looked to step over the chain two eyes reflected the light of my headlamp even though the main beam wasn't enough to illuminate the area surrounding it.
My first thought was a couple of deer (we have a LOT of those, for now) but it felt a bit off. As I turned the headlamp to max I also shouted "hey deer!", which is always enough to get them to run.
Instead the eyes appeared to move a little bit towards me.
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At this point I looked at dog. Dog had its tail between their legs and stood very close to me. Not a common thing.
Also at this point I thought "oh fuck wolf" (and also "oh cool wolf!") and went down a mental list to discard every other animal it could be. It could only been a wolf (or a really big dog, but considering there's been many wolf sightings here and no wild dog ones that wasn't likely).
The moon breaking through the clouds solved it. I could see a vague but clear outline.
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