Comments on: Devils in the Darkness: Korea’s Gray Wolves

By: sewing

sewing — Sat, 26 May 2007 20:09:09 +0000

28, LOL.

By: Railwaycharm

Railwaycharm — Sat, 26 May 2007 12:36:36 +0000

No doubt! Can you imagine how many bottles of Soju it would take to wash this guy down?

By: Ut videam

Ut videam — Sat, 26 May 2007 08:45:35 +0000

14 - I bet this bad boy could take out some cattle if he put his mind to it.

By: Railwaycharm

Railwaycharm — Sat, 26 May 2007 01:15:47 +0000

#24 the homes were made of straw. It was not until they made their houses of bricks that they no longer were blown down.

By: sewing

sewing — Fri, 25 May 2007 22:39:00 +0000

Oh, and Robert Neff, your wildlife/historical stories are always welcome, right up there with the Marmot’s architectural posts.

I don’t really read this blog for all the other stuff any more….

By: sewing

sewing — Fri, 25 May 2007 22:36:59 +0000

Lirelou (20): Just reading the story sent chills up my spine.

Lirelou (21): Great story!

Sanshinseon (23): Amen to that. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone hiking in the (close-to-home, not-too-scary) mountains and found myself craving some mountain-fresh yaksu.

By: lirelou

lirelou — Fri, 25 May 2007 05:09:29 +0000

Sonagi, I’ve critiqued his inability to collate his information before. But I take my hat off to him for putting so many useful documents on his site. Naturally, you have to sift and assess.

By: robert neff

robert neff — Fri, 25 May 2007 04:07:32 +0000

Just a little off the subject…..my cousin was attacked by a cougar in Washington State a couple of years ago while hunting for turkeys. He fortunately shot the cougar before it actually clawed him.

As for the animals in Korea…I have no idea what the ratio for the animals versus victims were….I do know that there are accounts of packs of wolves entering into villages and forcing their way into homes and stealing children - must have been flimsy houses and doors. There are accounts of tigers entering small villages/cities in the extreme north and snatching ponies from the market. As for the leopards in Seoul - several accounts of them but prior to 1900. One leopard was in the German Legation’s grounds and forced the staff to flee.

As for boars - they were extremely feared and the Underwood family has their own stories of hunting these “samkyeopsal with tusks.”

It seems like I will have to do the article on the Humane Society in Korea - introduced in the early 1910s by mainly the wives of Westerners - there are a number of good accounts

By: sanshinseon

sanshinseon — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:32:45 +0000

> 17. sewing
> a silver lining to the absence of large wild animals
> in South Korea is that we human predators can hike deep
> in the mountains without fear of being attacked

An even better “silver lining” to that absence is that we can hike deep into the mountains and just scoop up & drink fresh spring/stream water without fear of getting animal-bourne parasites, as in the USA/Canada where all wilderness water has to be filtered/boiled… Thus we don’t have to carry so much… I’ve enjoyed guzzling Korea’s excellent mountain-water while hiking for many years, never gotten sick from it once.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:16:05 +0000

If you’re a fan of Kimsoft, Lirelou, you might enjoy reading the articles found in this link:

http://www.kimsoft.com/kr-mass.htm