Norwegian boy fends of wolves...

[hmxhenry]

...by playing Creed.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/21...?iref=obinsite

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.

[RockBandRocker]

Ha-Ha!

Wonder if they would've reacted the same if it was Nickelback.

[LunaticSoul]

Wolves heard music, wolves actually understood was bad music, wolves walked away, easy..

[Lawdog1521]

Wolves hate Creed. Huh. On a similar note, mountain lions hate jazz. (So does Johnny)

I’m unable to find the article but a few years ago a local boy walking home from school was confronted by a mountain lion. (A peril of country life I suppose) He was taking band and had his saxophone with him. Knowing he couldn’t run he played the saxophone scaring away said lion.

[RockBandRocker]

Wolves hate Creed. Huh. On a similar note, mountain lions hate jazz. (So does Johnny)

I’m unable to find the article but a few years ago a local boy walking home from school was confronted by a mountain lion. (A peril of country life I suppose) He was taking band and had his saxophone with him. Knowing he couldn’t run he played the saxophone scaring away said lion.

Could it be that the kid's playing was so crap, it sounded like a dying elephant?

[Lawdog1521]

Could it be that the kid's playing was so crap, it sounded like a dying elephant?

Wouldn't a lion want to eat a dying elephant? Of course, then again, there's not a whole lot of wild elephants in the Northern California foothills.

[skyttskytt]

Could it be that the kid's playing was so crap, it sounded like a dying elephant?

Maybe he covered a Creed song.

[bigmf]

It's only because the wolves were not hungry. It's like after you ate your lunch at the mall and then you walk by the pizza buffet. It catches your eye, but you just keep on moving, whether they're playing Creed music or honking on a saxamaphone.

In conclusion, Creed will not save you from hungry wolves.

[Pankrazzo]

Would've acted exactly like the wolves.

[HeyRiles]

Would've acted exactly like the wolves.

You would've intended on killing and eating the child if he didn't have Creed on his iPod?