Up close with a real "Wolfman" (60 Minutes)

Wolfman (60 Minutes Australia, Jan. 11, 2023); Seth Auberon, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The British man who eats, sleeps, and lives with wolves | 60 Minutes

Hungry Bear, can we just be friends? - OK.

(60 Minutes Australia) Jan. 11, 2023. Wolfman (2007): From childhood, we're taught to fear and loathe wolves. Just think back, there's the "Big Bad Wolf" of the fairy tales, the werewolves and wolfmen (lycanthropes) in horror flicks, even Wolverine from X-Men -- evil, dangerous, bloodthirsty beasts.

How could anyone possibly make friends with a pack of wolves? Good question. There's only one man with the answer.

• Native American Wendigo "Wolfman"

Shaun Ellis [born 1964, a sort of "dog duty ascetic" in Buddhist terms, motivated by hands on science and animal conservation rather than salvation and liberation from samsara] is from that rare breed of researchers -- part genius, part crazy.

The keystone wolves (wild dogs) of Montana

He's spent 20 years studying them in the wild -- eating, sleeping, living with wolves, trying to learn their language, finding out what makes them so frightening and how to keep them safe and separate from ranchers.

It really is hair-raising stuff. It's no wonder they call him the "Wolfman."

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Lycanthropy is an ancient condition sometimes involving shapeshifting (Werewolf /Wiki)