You'd be surprised at how often it is heard when discussing this topic (edit: see comments). My grandfather used to visit Alaska and talked to them about it and

You'd be surprised at how often it is heard when discussing this topic (edit: see comments). My grandfather used to visit Alaska and talked to them about it and not only did they just laugh when he told them that was what the forest service "down here" said, but they said "you should talk to the Siberians!". I'll admit the statistics of wolf attacks in NA are small, but they fail to take into account many things, for example the high number of national forest disappearances a percentage of which could have been animals attacks we don't know about. Also, just from personal experience, when in wolf territory statistics are hardly a comfort when you hear the yips a ridge over... Some have said it's fear mongering...I wonder is there such a thing as statistics-mongering?