December 17, 2012
By Tim Mowry, NewsMiner.com
Tok trapper Lance Grangaard was attacked by a wolf on Thursday
while riding his snowmachine on a trapline east of the Taylor
Highway. The wolf jumped on him and bit through his parka and
underclothing, breaking the skin on his right arm with one of its
teeth. Grangaard suffered a 3-to 4-inch scratch on his arm, which he
and his father, Danny, cleaned the wound with whiskey and baby
wipes. Grangaard will undergo a series of five rabies shots in the
next two weeks to prevent any chance of catching rabies.
“I
turned in time to stick my arm up,” said Grangaard, who was trapping
with his father, Danny, in a remote area off the Taylor Highway
known as Ketchumstuk. “A single black wolf grabbed my arm and
started jerking on me.”
Another notable wolf attack:
Roderick Phillip, 35, was at a bonfire near Kalskag with three
hunting partners when he went down to the nearby river to look for
moose about 2 a.m. When Phillip yelled to alert his hunting
partners, the animal lunged at Phillip full-speed, biting him on the
leg.
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