<P> There are few documented wolf attacks on humans in North America in comparison to Eurasia and other larger carnivores . </P> <P> There have been fatal wolf attacks on humans in North America: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Victim (s) </Th> <Th> Age </Th> <Th> Gender </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Type of attack </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Details </Th> <Th> Source (s) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Candice Berner </Td> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> ♀ </Td> <Td> 8 March 2010 </Td> <Td> Predatory </Td> <Td> Chignik, Alaska, US, 75 miles southwest of Kodiak </Td> <Td> Berner, a teacher and avid jogger, was discovered dead along a road by snowmobilers, who found wolf tracks in the adjacent snow . The Alaska State Medical Examiner ruled that her death was caused by "multiple injuries due to animal mauling ." A series of necropsies performed on wolves culled in the surrounding area shortly after the attack ruled out rabies, sickness, or wolf - dog hybridisation as being causes of the attack . The verified case was notable as being the first recorded fatal wolf attack in Alaska in which DNA evidence was gathered to confirm wolf involvement . </Td> <Td> Findings, Alaska Department of Fish and Game </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kenton Carnegie </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> 8 November 2005 </Td> <Td> Predatory </Td> <Td> Points North Landing, Saskatchewan, Canada </Td> <Td> In the weeks leading up to the assault, natural prey for local wolves was becoming scarce . Four wolves at Points North Landing had begun feeding on camp garbage that fall and were habituating increasingly to human activities . On 4 November 2005 two of Carnegie's camp companions, an experienced bush pilot and a geophysicist, met up with two aggressive wolves on the airfield close to camp . The two young men beat back the assault, photographed the wolves and told everybody in camp . They later turned their photos over to the investigating authorities . This incident is now presumed to have been an exploratory assault by the wolves that fits a pattern leading up to predation . On 8 November, the bush pilot warned Carnegie to not walk near Wollaston Lake, but he ignored it . Carnegie hiked in the snow, but did not return to the geological surveyor camp . His body was found partially consumed in an area known to be frequented by four wolves (two gray - tans, one black, and one white) which regularly fed on human garbage . The pathologist who performed the autopsy testified Carnegie had lost about 25% to 30% of his body mass in the assault, with the top midsection to the thigh having been partially consumed . Although originally the possibility that the culprit was a black bear was not ruled out, a coroners' jury concluded after a two year inquiry that the attackers had indeed been a wolf pack . </Td> <Td> Dr. Valerius Geist, University of Calgary; Evidence review and Findings, Alaska Department of Fish and Game </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Patricia Wyman </Td> <Td> 23--24 </Td> <Td> ♀ </Td> <Td> 18 April 1996 </Td> <Td> Captive </Td> <Td> Haliburton Forest, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada </Td> <Td> Wyman was a wildlife biologist who worked as a caretaker in the Wolf Centre section of the Haliburton Forest & Wildlife Reserve . She was killed by five captive wolves on the third day of her employment . </Td> <Td> Dr. Erich Klinghammer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alyshia Berczyk </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> ♀ </Td> <Td> 3 June 1989 </Td> <Td> Captive </Td> <Td> Forest Lake, Minnesota, US </Td> <Td> By her family's wolf in the backyard of her father's home . She died of liver damage incurred when the wolf slammed her into the ground . </Td> <Td> Rochester, Minnesota Post-Bulletin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Inuit boy </Td> <Td> Child </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> 1943 </Td> <Td> Rabid </Td> <Td> Wainwright, Alaska </Td> <Td> Died of rabies from a wolf bite . </Td> <Td> NINA: Norsk institutt for naturforskning "The Fear of Wolves: A review of wolf attacks on humans" John D.C. Linnell, et . al. January 2002 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Inuit hunter </Td> <Td> Adult </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> 1942 </Td> <Td> Rabid </Td> <Td> Noorvik, Alaska </Td> <Td> Died of rabies from a wolf bite . </Td> <Td> NINA: Norsk institutt for naturforskning "The Fear of Wolves: A review of wolf attacks on humans" John D.C. Linnell, et . al. January 2002 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Three men </Td> <Td> Adults </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> 23 December 1922 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> 2 and 4 miles from Port Arthur, Ontario near the Sturgeon River </Td> <Td> On 12 / 23, an elderly trapper left his camp to "mush down" to the village to pick up his mail . Later in the day, two miles from the settlement, two First Nations men discovered his bones and blood in the snow amidst torn pieces of harness . The two men took their own dog teams and extra ammunition out in pursuit of the same wolves but did not return . The following day, two miles from the village beyond the scene of the first fatal attack, a search party discovered the rifles and bones of the two First Nations men amidst bits of clothing and empty shells . Scattered in a circle about the scene were the carcasses of 16 wolves . </Td> <Td> The Weekly Journal - Miner (Prescott, AZ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ben Cochrane </Td> <Td> Adult </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> April 1922 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Fisher River near Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba </Td> <Td> Cochrane was employed in trapping animals when he was attacked by a large pack of timber wolves . When searchers arrived at the horrific scene they found the bones of Cochrane's body, a rifle with a broken buttstock, and the bones of eleven huge timber wolves . Seven of the wolves had been shot and four had been clubbed to death by Cochrane's rifle buttstock . The remaining wolf pack overwhelmed Cochrane causing his death . </Td> <Td> The Calgary Daily Herald </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Son of Alexander Belliveau </Td> <Td> Adult </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> 1893 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Northern Michigan </Td> <Td> Belliveau and a friend were hunting when a band of wolves surrounded and overcame them, despite the young men firing shots into the pack . The friend climbed a tree and watched as Belliveau was torn to pieces by the wolves at the foot of the same tree . The wolves kept Belliveau's companion trapped in the tree for several more hours until Belliveau's co-workers from a nearby railroad construction camp arrived and drove the wolves away . </Td> <Td> Southwest Sentinel </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Woman and her two children </Td> <Td> Adult and 2 children </Td> <Td> ♂ and ♀ </Td> <Td> Early 1890s </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Mexico, in the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains between Durango and the Pacific coast </Td> <Td> A horseman met a woman and two children who were walking to a relative's remote home . He offered to accompany them as protection from the dangers of wolves (species Mexican wolf) and robbers . The mother declined . The next travelers a short time later found the remains of the three, scattered on the same trail . The cited source indicates the incident was not a lone anecdote but representative of frequent incidents, owing to the fact the local residents were poorly armed . </Td> <Td> J. Hampden Porter </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Surname "Olson" </Td> <Td> 2 Adults </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> 1888, 6 March </Td> <Td> Predatory </Td> <Td> New Rockford, North Dakota </Td> <Td> Mother from inside the house witnessed a large pack of wolves surround, attack, kill, and eat her husband and son, about ten rods (165 feet or 50 meters) away . The pack then tried and failed to get in the house . Investigators found their bones . </Td> <Td> The St. Paul Daily Globe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mr. Duging </Td> <Td> Adult </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> January 1885 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Menominee, Michigan </Td> <Td> The temperature had dropped to - 43 ° F one night in mid January, the weather was severe and small game had become scarce . Mr. Duging failed to return that night from a hunting trip . His friends found his body gnawed to the bone the following morning, within 2 miles of their logging camp . Thirteen wolves that he had shot dead lay scattered near his body . At his side was his Winchester rifle with one round still loaded in the chamber . </Td> <Td> Las Vegas Daily Gazette </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> unidentified </Td> <Td> Adult </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> February 1873 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> "20 mi . N. of Perry's Mills" in Wisconsin </Td> <Td> A farmer walked out of the woods and found a pair of boots with the deceased's feet still in them, particles of clothing, bones, a dead dog and two dead wolves . The presumption of cause was that the deceased was traveling between two lumber camps and the wolves attacked due to the harsh winter and dearth of prey . Wolves had been very problematic at that time . Presently, Perry's Lumber mill operates near New Auburn, Wisconsin . </Td> <Td> Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Morris Powers </Td> <Td> Adult </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> January 1871 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Logging camp near Pine City, Minnesota </Td> <Td> While eating dinner, Mr. Powers was attacked by wolves and devoured before assistance could reach him . Two wolves later killed by poison were found to have consumed portions of his clothing and twelve brass buttons . The news story first appeared in The Stillwater Messenger . </Td> <Td> The Saint Cloud Journal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Corporal Michael McGillicuddy of the 3rd Infantry, Company C </Td> <Td> Adult </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> 5 August 1868 at 2200 hrs </Td> <Td> Rabid </Td> <Td> Fort Larned National Historic Site, 5.5 miles west of Larned, Kansas </Td> <Td> A rabid wolf entered the Ft . Larned military outpost on the Arkansas River, furiously snapping at everything and everyone, tearing tents, curtains, bed clothes etc . It entered the hospital and bit a bedridden patient, Corporal McGillicuddy, severely on the left hand and right arm and nearly severed off the left little finger . The wolf then rushed into a group of ladies and gentlemen who were gathered socially and singing on the front steps of Colonel Wynkoop's house . It bit Lt. Thompson of the 3rd U.S. Infantry, severely wounding him in both legs . Colonel Wynkoop and his scout James Morrison immediately took up arms and gave chase as the wolf ran into another structure and bit a Private soldier with the 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers in two places . A sentry at the guard house fired a shot that went over the wolf's back as the wolf ran between his own legs . The wolf entered the quarters of the laundress and tried to attack her in her bed, but she was protected by the bed covers . The wolf finally charged at the sentinel at the haystack, but the guard shot it dead and escaped injury . The injuries were all cauterized with nitrate of silver and washed with alkali washes regularly at the base infirmary . Hospital records show that on the evening of 6 September, Corporal McGillicuddy began showing marked signs and symptoms of hydrophobia . No further treatment was given to him . He died on 9 September . A large Newfoundland dog that also had been bitten died with marked symptoms of hydrophobia . The other patients fully recovered . Hospital records indicated speculation that Corporal McGillicuddy's refusal to allow amputation of his finger may have contributed to his death . Lt - Col. Dodge made inquiry with Indians camped in the local vicinity . They told him attacks by rabid wolves that entered into their village were not infrequent, and they knew of no person who had received even the smallest scratch from a rabid wolf ever to have recovered . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> unidentified </Td> <Td> adult </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> February 1868 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Cacapon Mountain in West Virginia </Td> <Td> A resident living on the mountain was rumored to have been killed by wolves after first killing six wolves with an axe . </Td> <Td> Winchester News </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Deer hunter </Td> <Td> Adult </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> March 1867 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Searcy, Arkansas </Td> <Td> A hunter had killed a deer and was skinning it when he was attacked by wolves . His body was nearly devoured when discovered . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> Adult </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> March 1859 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Six miles outside Lexington, Michigan </Td> <Td> A man was chopping wood outside his home when a wolf grabbed him by the throat . The man's wife saw the attack, picked up her husband's axe and killed the wolf but the bite to the man's throat was immediately fatal . </Td> <Td> The Cass County Republican </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> unidentified person </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> unknown </Td> <Td> July or August 1857 </Td> <Td> Rabid </Td> <Td> near present day Green Valley, Arizona </Td> <Td> Rabid wolves were entering camps, towns and even homes where the doors were open . Six people were bitten, one was severely mangled and one died . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Son and daughter of Mr. Stockdale </Td> <Td> children </Td> <Td> ♂ & ♀ </Td> <Td> 5 January 1857 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> within two miles from a fork on the Little Sioux River near Woodbury County, Iowa </Td> <Td> Wolves had become "so ravenous as to destroy horses and cattle to a considerable extent, and that they have often attacked persons ." On 5 January 1857, the Stockdale children left their residence for a party about two miles away and were never seen again . After a failed search, they were assumed killed and eaten by wolves . A letter from a gentleman who had been in that area indicated wolves had chased him four miles and he barely escaped . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2 women </Td> <Td> Adult </Td> <Td> ♀ </Td> <Td> 27 October 1856 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Mornington Township Perth County, Ontario </Td> <Td> Two women left home in the evening to search for cattle . They did not return . The next morning a search party found their skeletons . A third possible victim, an adult male, had also gone missing from the same area at the same time and had not been seen for ten days . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Young woman </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> ♀ </Td> <Td> Mid-January 1856 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Pottawattamie County, Iowa </Td> <Td> While a young woman was returning home from a prayer meeting with her father and sister, their horse was attacked by wolves and became unmanageable . The source does not state whether the victim was mounted on the horse or riding in a wagon . The 23 - year - old woman was partly thrown and partly dragged to the ground and devoured . This allowed the other two family members to escape . When the neighbors came to the spot to hunt for the wolves, they found only a few shreds of clothing and a shoe . </Td> <Td> Grand River Times </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Teenage boy </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> Mid-January 1856 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Pottawattamie County, Iowa </Td> <Td> The boy hiked half a mile from his family's home to fetch water from a nearby spring and never returned . Bits of his bloody hair and clothing were later found . </Td> <Td> Grand River Times </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jim Jenkins </Td> <Td> adult </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> winter 1852 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> near White Fox Creek a few miles north of Webster City, Iowa </Td> <Td> Four men were on a holiday hunt but a major snowstorm rolled in and they were forced to camp near White Fox Creek . The next morning Jenkins told the others he'd make a circle and shoot some birds for breakfast . The storm worsened that day into 3 - day siege on the campsite but Jenkins never returned . A search ensued when the storm passed but the snow was too deep . When the snow finally melted the following spring a partially dismembered human skeleton was found along with a sundered gun barrel and stock and the skeleton of a wolf, a mile from the camp . Jenkins was presumed to have been confused and numb from the cold and then attacked by wolves . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> T. Speers </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> 1841 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Caledon, Ontario </Td> <Td> The boy had been helping his father raise a log house for a relative . Toward evening he was allowed to walk home by himself . He was never seen again and all that was found was one shoe between the two houses . Wolves were heard howling that entire night, and thus he was presumed killed by wolves . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Son of Ebenezer Farley </Td> <Td> 8 - year - old child </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> mid-April 1840 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Coleman, Upper Canada (near Canada--US border with Michigan) </Td> <Td> The boy was presumed lost in the woods . A search party found some mangled body parts presumed to be the result of a wolf attack, since wolves were abundant in the area . </Td> <Td> The Columbia Democrat </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Farm worker </Td> <Td> Adult </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> March, 1836 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Liberty Valley, Perry County, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> An African American worker who had spent a day helping neighbors slaughtering stock was attacked while returning home in the evening, carrying portions of meat given to him in pay . Before succumbing he had defended himself with his butchering knife, killing five of the wolves: this led to speculation the pack which attacked him had perhaps numbered "a dozen or more". </Td> <Td> The Times The Burlington Free Press </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Holmes, a member of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company </Td> <Td> Adult </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> midsummer 1833 </Td> <Td> Rabid </Td> <Td> fur rendezvous on the Green River (Colorado River) </Td> <Td> A rabid wolf got into Mr. Fontenelle's camp at the rendezvous and bit men, horses, and a bull . Mr. Holmes "became afflicted with rabies and died a horrible and agonizing death ." </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Young person worker </Td> <Td> Adult </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> Winter, Circa 1820 </Td> <Td> Predatory </Td> <Td> Along the Ohio River in Kentucky </Td> <Td> Two young black workers walking on a path in an unpopulated area at night were attacked by a pack of wolves . They fought with axes and killed three wolves, but one young man was killed . The other escaped up a tree, where he witnessed the wolves consume his companion, and waited until the wolves left the next day . Blood and bones were found at the scene . </Td> <Td> John J. Audubon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Pencil </Td> <Td> Adult </Td> <Td> ♂ </Td> <Td> Shortly after 1780 when the Tories had been driven out of the colonies </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> In 1778 John Pencil, a Tory, caught his brother Henry fleeing with other Patriots to Monocacy Island, and murdered him as a rebel . After the Tories were driven out in 1780, John Pencil moved from Tryon County, New York to Canada (present - day Ontario). He was attacked there by wolves three different times . The Indians rescued him the first two times, but seeing him as wicked and cursed for killing his brother, they told him they would not help him a third time . John Pencil was attacked a third time by wolves, and having no rescuers, he was torn to pieces . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Plains Indians and other tribes stricken with smallpox </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> 1750 to 1782 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Atlantic seaboard, Delaware Bay and areas under control of Hudson's Bay Company </Td> <Td> Wolves were drawn by the stench of unburied corpses that they devoured . The wolves also entered tents and attacked and killed the sick and helpless . Sometimes but not always, the stronger tribe members were able to drive the wolves off . The tribe's starving dogs also joined in the depredations . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Caroline Allen </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> ♀ </Td> <Td> January midnight between 1761 and 1781 </Td> <Td> n / a </Td> <Td> Bennington, Vermont </Td> <Td> Four young ladies and two young men including Harry Mason were traveling back to the settlement after a quilting "frolic". Wolves attacked and all six climbed an oak tree . The branch on which Caroline Allen was standing broke off . She fell screaming to the ground where the hungry wolves quickly tore her to pieces and devoured her . Her sweetheart, Harry Mason, witnessed her demise and was so disturbed by it that he drank himself to death not long afterward . An eyewitness described the wolves as starving . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Victim (s) </Th> <Th> Age </Th> <Th> Gender </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Type of attack </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Details </Th> <Th> Source (s) </Th> </Tr>

When was the last time a wolf killed a human