The mysterious giant wolf bites only one animal, and the expert wolf is taking revenge
In the Changbai Mountains region of northern China, it is not only rich in precious medicinal herbs, but also has a unique natural environment that provides space for many wild animals to thrive. However, in a village not far from Changbai Mountain, an incredible thing happened.
Cattle and sheep often mysteriously disappear from the homes of farmers in this village, and their bodies are always found hidden on the top of a mountain deep in the woods a few kilometers from their homes.
Due to the lack of transportation and high-quality education, farmers living deep in the mountains have to rely on raising livestock and farming, and the value of these cattle and sheep can be thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan, which undoubtedly makes the situation worse for families who are not wealthy.
In desperation, the villagers enlisted the help of experts to investigate, and the results were surprising. So, who is this "cattle thief"? Why do so many families in the village only target one family?
Today, let's unravel this mystery together.
In that distant year of 1988, there was a quiet little village at the foot of Changbai Mountain. The inhabitants live a simple life, and almost every household lives by herding.
On this day, after eating breakfast as usual, Lao Huang took his cattle up the mountain to graze. After some time, when it was time for lunch, he drove the oxen home.
However, as soon as he returned home, he found that his family had one less cow. At first, Lao Huang didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that the cow might be having fun in the mountains and forgot to come back.
So he went up again to look for the cows. He searched several times in the place he frequented, but still could not find the missing cow. As night fell, wild beasts often haunted the mountains, and Lao Huang decided to look for them the next day.
Lao Huang's cow was gone, and he decided to look for it. But when he found the remains of the cow, his heart jumped with fright. Not only has the body of the cow been hollowed out, but even the remains of the bones have visible scars and heads.
He dared to approach the cow and noticed a large footprint nearby. Lao Huang was so frightened that he hurried back home, and his mood couldn't calm down for a long time. He reminded the people in the village about it, but no one believed him.
After all, the people of the village have lived here for generations, and although they know that there are wild beasts in the mountains, there has never been a case of wild beasts harming livestock. Despite this, Lao Huang decided to observe for a few more days.
Lao Huang was puzzled by the recent continuous loss of cattle and sheep in the family, and he decided to take his younger brother to the mountains to graze cattle again. However, when he returned home this time, he found that another sheep was missing.
The presence of his younger brother ensured Lao Huang's innocence. In the days that followed, even if Lao Huang was not herding cattle in the mountains, the family would lose one cow or sheep overnight. This incident caused a great repercussion in the village, and the villagers were so convinced of it that they did not even dare to go to the mountains to graze their cattle again.
Since then, the gates of the village have been kept closed during the day, and various rumors have been born.
The people of the village have always been haunted by a mysterious power. One day, the village chief discovers that his cow and sheep are gone, leaving only a pile of bones. Everyone panicked and speculated that it was the "wild man" who did it.
In order to find out the truth, the village chief brought in an expert. When the experts arrived in the village, everything seemed very quiet. He found the ground in Lao Huang's house full of skulls of cows and sheep, with deep scratches on them.
Experts theorize that these domestic animals were subjected to violent attacks during their lifetimes, because domestic animals are usually not very aggressive, so they are often at a disadvantage when encountering wild animals.
During the visit to the village, the expert learned about one word, and that is "tiger". A few years ago, something similar happened in another village near the village, where a local villager discovered that his cattle had mysteriously disappeared.
This makes people wonder if the tiger is doing the trick? The core idea of the new copy: the panic of the villagers and the disappearance of cattle and sheep sparked an investigation by experts, and finally led to clues about the possible existence of tigers.
He found the bones of his own cattle and searched the area where they were active, eventually finding them deep in the forest. Experts found a deep bite mark on the neck of the bone, which is suspected to be the work of a Siberian tiger.
In search of evidence, he placed infrared cameras in the wild, which resulted in valuable images of Siberian tigers in the wild. Siberian tigers, also known as Siberian tigers, are mainly distributed in northeastern Asia and Siberia in Russia, and often appear in northeast China and North Korea.
They are the kings of the forest, they are agile and very active, and they mainly hunt herbivores such as wild boar, deer, and roe deer.
When hunting, Siberian tigers will pounce on their prey first, bite their necks with their sharp teeth, and ensure that the prey is dead before enjoying their food slowly. However, in recent years, the habitat of Siberian tigers has been destroyed, and at the same time by criminals, the number of Siberian tigers in the world has been less than 400, and the number of Siberian tigers in China is less than 30, becoming one of the national first-class protected wild animals and one of the top ten endangered animals.
Experts speculate that the village may be where Siberian tigers feed. To confirm this hypothesis, the expert again went into the woods to look for clues. First, they came to the place where Lao Huang found his footprints.
The experts' original assumptions were overturned by a peculiar footprint. The footprints do not look like those of an adult Siberian tiger, which is large and has strong limbs, and its feet should be rounded and do not show such scratches.
However, the footprint is elongated in shape, with distinctly nails embedded deep in the ground. After not finding more clues, the experts had to go deep into the mountains and forests. Where some remnants of livestock remains, they made a startling discovery.
A fierce beast caused more than a dozen livestock to disappear without a trace, tracking to the deep mountains and old forests, and the wreckage at the scene was thrilling. Experts trekked thousands of kilometers deep into the forest and found a pile of wreckage, the number of which happened to match the missing livestock.
The crowd was dumbfounded, and they didn't know what kind of beast was so powerful that it could drag the livestock here again and again, and none of them escaped. During the examination of the wreckage, the experts found an important clue that the animals all shared a common characteristic.
The fact that the entrails of the animals were eaten further ruled out the possibility of a Siberian tiger attack. Because Siberian tigers never eat animal entrails when hunting, people are in a dilemma, what is it that has the ability to drag such a huge cow?
Soon after, experts found a key clue near the wreckage: some grayish-black, short-haired hairs that did not belong to sheep and cattle.
With the hairs in hand, he decided to do a lab test. A few days later, the results came out, and the hairs were actually wolf's. You know, wolves are cold-blooded animals, they live in the wild, they have a keen sense of hearing and smell, and they have a strong attack power.
In the northeast of China, there is a species called "Northeast wolf". This type of wolf is a type of gray wolf, but it is one of the larger canids. They have a complex social organization, which makes it possible for them to work together to drag cattle here.
So why have the villagers here lived for so long without seeing a wolf? Generally, this type of wolf does not attack humans or domestic livestock, and villagers whistle when grazing in the mountains, which is also a method passed down from the older generation.
But why is the killing of livestock now begin? What's even more puzzling is why only the livestock of Lao Huang's family were attacked, and no such thing happened in other people's homes in the village?
The experts were amazed by what happened to the old Huang family, and they guessed that there might be something that attracted the wolves, so they decided to go after it. As a result, they found a wolf skin in Lao Huang's house, and the hair was exactly the same as the wolf fur found on the mountain.
According to Lao Huang, this wolf skin was brought back by his father when he was hunting, and their family has an indissoluble bond with wolves. Seeing this scene, the expert suddenly realized, because wolves are social animals, they have strict group rules, and they will unite when they encounter danger.
Therefore, what happened to the old Huang family may have been the wolf pack for revenge.
Upon learning of this, the residents of the village suggested that Lao Huang put the wolf skin back on the mountain, so that the wolves would not come to disturb him and his livestock. Considering the safety of the livestock, Lao Huang decided to take everyone's advice and put the wolf skin back in its place after careful consideration.
Fortunately, since the wolf skin was released back into the mountain, the old Huang family has never lost any domestic animals.