Children’s Close Encounters With Wolves in Norway
News Context
At a glance
- Two separate incidents in southern Norway have recently been reported involving close encounters between children and wolves in the wild.
- In one instance, a 10-year-old girl named Frida and her father came within four meters of a wolf.
- A second encounter involved a 13-year-old named Storm, who documented a wolf swimming from Håøya.
Two separate incidents in southern Norway have recently been reported involving close encounters between children and wolves in the wild.
In one instance, a 10-year-old girl named Frida and her father came within four meters of a wolf. According to reporting by Drammens Tidende, the encounter left the child "quite shocked."
A second encounter involved a 13-year-old named Storm, who documented a wolf swimming from Håøya. As reported by Røyken og Hurums Avis, Storm captured the animal on video and stated, "I wasn't afraid."
These sightings occurred in the regions of Buskerud and Viken, where the local publications are based.