Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?

(updated)
Fred Dejarlais is, and I can’t say that I blame him.

It was New Year’s Eve and Desjarlais had just finished his shift at 7 p.m. Instead of catching the shuttle back to the camp facility (temporary residence for workers) he decided to jog the three kilometres. Along the way he heard something and glanced back just as the animal crept out of the ditch and walked toward him.

“He was taunting me, (walking) in a circle around me,” Desjarlais said. “I looked around real quick and thought, ‘I hope he’s alone.’ He was as far as I could see.”
Desjarlais hollered and tried to scare the animal off but then it lunged at his head. He jumped to the side and dodged it but the wolf came back.
“That’s when I knew he meant business,” said Desjarlais, who eluded a second lunge but the wolf quickly spun around and got to the man’s back, biting into his shoulder area.
Fortunately, Desjarlais was wearing several layers of clothing which prevented the bite from breaking the skin, but it did leave significant bruising. The wolf then turned its attention to Desjarlais’ lower body and ripped into his jeans, biting twice around the pelvic area.
“He knew he was in deep trouble so he jumped on the wolf’s back and tried to subdue it,” said Barker.
They both fell over and got back up. When his chance came again, Desjarlais made good. He locked onto the wolf’s back and threw his arms around the animal’s head, putting it into a headlock.
“I pulled him down the way you would take down cattle (for roping) and I dropped onto his head, pinning him there,” said Desjarlais, who held on 30-40 seconds before coworkers returning to camp on the bus spotted the pair.
“He was pretty much at the end of his string. His strength was draining,” said Barker.

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