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Norwegian boy fends off wolves with Creed song
Luckily for Walter Eikrem, it does not appear Norwegian wolves care for Creed.
The 13-year-old was walking home from the school bus stop in the town of Rakkestdad this week when he noticed something on the hillside near his family’s farmhouse, according to Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine.
At first he thought they were dogs, but he soon realized they were wolves - four of them - the magazine said, citing Norway’s TV2.
The boy, remembering that his mother had told him never to run from wolves, pulled the headphones out of his mobile phone and cranked up the volume on the tiny speakers.
He was listening to “Overcome” by Creed, an arguably Christian rock band, and apparently, the wolves were not fans.
(Initial reports indicated Walter shooed the wolves away with a Megadeth song, but the blog at Gibson guitars cleared up the confusion.)
“They just turned around and simply trotted away,” he told the TV station, according to Der Spiegel. “The worst thing you can do is run away because doing so just invites the wolves to chase you down ... but I was so afraid that I couldn't even run away if I'd wanted to.”
To be fair, Walter was yelling at the top of his lungs and wildly flailing his arms, so it’s tough to say exactly what made the wolves decide the boy might not be delicious.
His mother told the local paper that she was going to pick her son up from school because she knew there were wolves in the area, but she got carried away shopping, Der Spiegel reported.
“I have a completely guilty conscience,” she said. “The previous evening, we saw three wolves on the edge of the forest when we were putting our horses in their stall. The horses were panicky.”
Um, thanks, mum? … Well, OK, scratch that. Perhaps sarcasm is a little harsh for the woman who taught young Walter never to run from wolves.
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I don't think the wolves were starving hungry, if they were he would have been dinner.
Well, if he used Creed it was the power of God, and the wolves had to flee!!!! Praise the Lord!!!
Amen!!!!
I'm always bemused by all the ATFers (After The Fact) that show-up on here and display some form of self-proclaimed expertise on an area they know less about than a monkey does about a bank holiday.
And other posters are right here and on other sites – yesterdy it was Megadeath, the day before Ozzy Osborne. What next, Celine Dion?!
Wow Creed sucks so much even the wolves hate them.
Hmm, which song was it: "Bullets", "Hide", Never Die", "One Last Breath", "Stand Here With Me", "Torn", "Who's Got My Back?", "With Arms Wide Open", or "Wrong Way" ?
The article said it was a song called 'Overcome'. Sounds like the kid did just that.
Does anyone read any more? The article said he pulled the headphones out of his phone. When you do that the headphones don't transmit ANY sound because they're disconnected. He turned up the volume on the mobile phone, which was now minus the headphones, therefore using speakers. Not real loud admittedly, but louder than through headphones, and wolves do have great hearing. I suspect, however, that it had more to do with the yelling and waving...or maybe they just had lunch.
Very very slow news day.
As weird as it may sound, animals respond to music/sounds. I was practicing the harmonica and a squirrel came down a tree and on a limb as close as it could and sat there while I played.
Probably wanted a closer look at the dying, braying animal. >_<
"I was practicing the harmonica and a squirrel came down a tree and on a limb as close as it could and sat there while I played." ... The squirrel thought you were nuts. They like nuts.
That was the best reply thus far to this whole silly article. LOL:)-
tell that to my DOG
That's a cool story. It was Creed's new song 'Overcome.' A good way to pump yourself up in the face of danger. Rock on!
these wolves were so hungry they wanted to devour the young lad. as they neared their prey, a noise straight from the depths of hell began peircing their ears. the wolves, being sure they mistook a demon of the netherworld for their next meal, turned around and trotted off. i know, i was there.
creed isnt xtian music, it is devil music!!
See, even 4 out of 5 Germans hate Creed, too!
That just means that the wolves have taste.
creed??? Not even wolves are gay enough to listen to that crap.
Yeah, Creed has the same effect on me....... 😉
I'm going to strap on my Fender Stratocaster and my mini Marshall belt-clip amp to and from school from now on. If I ever encounter wolves, dogs, cats or even ugly rude people, I'm gonna crank up that sucker; perhaps a little Black Sabbath or Guns N Roses. I live in busy L.A. filled with lots of college chicks.
I think the college chicks would go the way of the wolves if you did that, LOL.