LEGEND OF ROMEO, THE LONELY WOLF FROM ALASKA (updated with breaking news)

[@nocturnal66mistress]

Rest in peace Romeo.

[@luckygal12]

This story really brought me to tears. I seen his rock while in Juneau and cried when i heard he was on display in the buster centre which I didn't want to see any way. RIP

[@katheryncortijo9884]

This Is A Very Special Wolf Sacred . I Am Praying That SomeOne Would Make A Recording Of Romeo's Howl Into A Shamanic Music . This Will Create A Beautiful Energy. Maintaining This Voice In Infinity ❤️ Namaste ❤️

[@danielesilvestri3420]

beautiful Romeo, always remain in my heart ...

[@jazaripierreriverasantiago7446]

same here ;3

[@joeyquintana8916]

So cool u was a great find and great friend Rip romeo

[@Eswarr]

Thnx for this video ❤️.. 10 years later .. many got to know about Romeo ..what an amazing wolf he was ..rip buddy

[@marybethjarubas6424]

Hi I just picked up the book on Romeo. What a gorgeous fellow. I think he was looking for a mate and to start a pack. I would not have brought little dogs along. My great Dane would of loved him but wouldn't let her near a wolf. I'm down here in Ohio. I won't get into the way people are about them or what they have done to the species but being able to enjoy this experience was a gift. I wish it had been me. God bless and thank you for sharing your video and time with Romeo.

[@POPARTPRODUCTlONS]

Cool stuff! Wolves are the best! % howls for this one!

[@cenotevenus]

fantastic thankyou

[@siamiam]

that is interesting news, thanks for the update

[@floydstinkyboy]

this area is called Northern South East Alaska, no kidding. It is the little piece that hangs in front of canada, along the coast. Romeo lives at Mendhenhall Lake.

[@floydstinkyboy]

yes he is pretty close. We can only see him in winter when the lake is frozen, not sure what he does in summer. from a vblog - "Wolves are territorial. Each pack occupies an area that it will defend ...territories vary greatly and are dependent on the kind and abundance of prey available... neighbouring packs trespass into each others territories, fights often ensue that frequently result in the death of pack members.... lone wolves may find mates, then search for unoccupied areas ..."

[@gaelicamericancraic1816]

An interesting story with a truly tragic ending.

[@pokinsmot]

i hope you do an update video soon.

[@karan89er]

ha ha NSE Alaska eh? lol.. so is Romeo's habitat pretty close to your place? does he also shift his habitat sometimes? or does he stay only at Mendhenhall Lake?

[@floydstinkyboy]

yikes! a thousand people watched this on wednesday - so thanks to whoever shared it@!

[@CousinoMacul]

KEWL!!!! I might have to blow the dust off my old Jack London books. ;-)

[@pokinsmot]

i dunno if you know what stumbleupon is, but i found a story about him through there, and through some hunting found your video, so that might explain the sudden jump in numbers.

[@floydstinkyboy]

yep; thanks mary.

[@Prophiscient]

No, that's just a bug. If you look at it with the Internet Explorer, it appears as spam, but not with Firefox and not with Google Chrome, so it seems to be a browser-specific problem.

[@floydstinkyboy]

yes thanks for that let's hope the mystery is solved.

[@karan89er]

nice floyd :) where exactly do you live in alaska? :P

[@floydstinkyboy]

hey thanks, i might be dreaming, but i am convinced romeo thought the pug was a pup in danger from the other large dogs, and he was going to the rescue.

[@floydstinkyboy]

mkd, that cam is on the far side of the lake, and only takes a pic every ten minutes or so. the odds are, you won't see him there. but you might take a look in their archive they may have saved a pic of him if they had one. he has been out almost every day on the opposite side of the lake, which is not shown on the camera. however it is getting wet and slushy and the time to watch is about gone, soon the ice will be too thin and getting dangerous.

[@Luke5563]

Since this is the only time i heard of this, could you tell me the small things, like would his mate have survived, why was he hunted, are there places selling things in his memory?

[@floydstinkyboy]

the sad truth is this one is only alive because he lives in town, where lots of people can see him and hunting is not allowed. the chances of a wolf this friendly to humans staying in alive in the countryside around here are just about nil. thanks for watching!

[@dragonflylady44]

OUTSTANDING VIDEO !!! Long live Romeo :))))

[@Largo64]

I really liked this video, "Floyd." It's nice to see that Sarah Palin hasn't managed to kill all the wolves yet.

[@JohnS916]

Glad that nitwit and her tribe is off the map. Biggest mistake Mc Cain and his advisors ever did. She brought out the ignorance factor in America

[@kingdavid9341]

awww :( he's still looking for his girl :(

[@karan89er]

wow thats pretty interesting :) it must be great to be surrounded by nature! :)

[@Largo64]

I clicked "not spam" on Safari, but didn't see any change. Sometimes someone will accidentally click "spam" when they mean to click "reply." They're right next to each other.

[@mqbitsko25]

I do believe he thought the Pug was a puppy. Wolves don't pick up live prey and casually lope off with it. They kill it on the spot. THEN transport it if necessary. A beautiful, but very confused wolf. Oh well. No harm done. (Except to the beagle.)

[@montetown5741]

Like Harambe.

[@Mike-01234]

It was only a matter of time before someone up there killed him. Maybe if people didn't interfere he would still be alive.

[@ashleymartin1971]

are you serious you shot him? so sick why did you do that?

[@ashleymartin1971]

are you serious you shot him? so sick why did you do that?

[@ashleymartin1971]

are you serious you shot him? so sick why did you do that?

[@lovelydiva06]

People didn’t interfere jackass, he came to them and they welcomed him cause he was friendly and wanted to be around them and other dogs

[@floydstinkyboy]

yes please do bust em out. we have some fantastic readers of Jack up here. He is considered a local legend - like all the folks along the mississippi who do Sam Clemens, we do Jack. hehehe i even built a big fire underneath a real snowy tree one time, just to see if .....

[@ayeitsnoura]

lol the funny part when romeo took the pug and thought it was a rabbit that cracks me up lol lol

[@floydstinkyboy]

we will have too wait til next year, mj, to see. when the ice comes back.

[@floydstinkyboy]

@pinz2022 thanks for that. i think you may be correct. sad but true.

[@floydstinkyboy]

hello. for some reason YT did not tell me you left a comment. Well, so far this year, no sign of Romeo - or his girlfriend. Hopefully this is good news, and they are way out in the woods somewhere enjoying some peace and quiet.

[@floydstinkyboy]

yes!

[@floydstinkyboy]

it's a SNAFU mr. P i am on firefox. YT gives me a nice pretty blue link "Not Spam" but it is a dead link. maybe i should try another, see if i can unspam it that way.

[@Medieval_Dead]

For those wondering he was shot and killed by two hunters on Sept, 2009.

[@POPARTPRODUCTlONS]

That is 5 howls! Not % howls, LOL! Pops

[@PanMarlon]

Balto?

[@floydstinkyboy]

pops it's nice to hear from you. send your sweety over to visit % soon!

[@floydstinkyboy]

no fear, there's gotta be a nice fuzzylooking bug-eyed she-Wolf who's just perfect for you, out there for you, out there somewhere, it's just gotta be!

[@pokinsmot]

hey! that guy is skiing backwards! how he do dat?! any recent news on Romeo? stupid people still lettin their dogs play with him? the thought of him playing with dogs makes me smile, but he is a wild predator. ive read that hes grabbed 3, killing 1 of them. i hope the rangers can do something effective about this before he gets killed for the stupid actions of humans. you say in the video he killed a beagle. i read that he grabbed a beagle but let it go and that he killed a pomeranian.

[@pinz2022]

@floydstinkyboy I remember a NatGeo special about wolves in Scandinavia in the nineties. There was a clip about a similar wolf who loved to romp with the village dogs of a wilderness Norwegian hamlet. He eventually got popped from the roadside by someone who wasn't in on the game. For his own good, Romeo should have been pepper-sprayed, rubber-bulleted and chased away. When wolves get habituated to humans it always ends in tears.

[@pokinsmot]

i hope hes tired of the humans and their yippers, and took off with his girl deep into the woods. would be nice if someone could catch a glimpse of him just to confirm hes alright though. thanks for the video and the reply btw

[@JohnS916]

It looks like with the absence of a sighting is about the time the bottom dweller toothless bugger eaters shot Romeo for fun. Romeo being what he was signed his death warrant because humans have been demonizing wolves forever, i.e., "The Big Bad Wolf". On a sidenote, Romeo was an impressive looking Wolf, bigger than I expected. May he rest in Peace away from humans.

[@floydstinkyboy]

mr p the bums at YT have marked your fine comment as spam and won't let me un-spam it, so piss on them. and thanks for the linkage!

[@katalbinson6562]

S😍 CUTE!

[@floydstinkyboy]

thanks for that pokinsmot. yt insight data says the new viewers were mostly all Lithuanians????? wuttt. Lithuania?? Perhaps that is where the stumbleupon server is located? Either that, or Lithuanians suddenly became fanatic Romeo Lovers! either way i am glad the wolf is getting attention.

[@montetown5741]

I feel really guilty about this, but I am the guy who shot Romeo.

[@ashleymartin1971]

why did you do that to him

[@ashleymartin1971]

why did you do that to him

[@ashleymartin1971]

why did you do that to him

[@mouseybabe99]

I have news on romeo...very bad news in fact....look at the video response i posted