Wolf of Gysinge

The Wolf of Gysinge was a man-eating wolf which, during a 3 month period between December 30, 1820 and the March 27, 1821, attacked 31 people, killing 12 [Linnell, John D.C. [http://www.wolfsongalaska.org/wolves_humans_danger.html "Danger From Wolves"] ] (most of whom were partially consumed by the wolf), near Gysinge, near the border of Dalarna and Gastrickland in central Sweden. [Linnell, John D.C. et al. [http://www.lcie.org/Docs/Regions/Baltic/Linnell%20AZL%20Wolf%20attacks%20in%20Fennoscandia.pdf "Is the Fear of Wolves Justified? A Fennoscandian Perspective"] ] With the exception of one 19 year old woman, all victims of fatal attacks were children between the ages of 3.5 and 15; in addition, the fifteen injured victims were mostly children, except for one 18-year-old male. The wolf was killed on March 27th, 1821. Historical accounts indicate that before becoming a man-eater, the wolf was captured as a pup in 1817, and kept in captivity for several years before escaping. [Norsk institutt for naturforsking, report, pg. 24. [http://www.nina.no/archive/nina/Publikasjoner/oppdragsmelding/NINA-OM731.pdf "The fear of wolves: A review of wolfs attacks on humans"] ]

The incident became the basis of a BBC television movie "The Man-Eating Wolves of Gysinge" which was released on the 16th of December, 2005. [IMDb. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486167/ "The Man-Eating Wolves of Gysinge"] ] The film took artistic liberty in portraying the number of wolves involved in the attacks, showing two animals instead of one. The man-eating wolves were portrayed by Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs.

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