Waheela
The Waheela is a supposed giant wolf in northern Canada and Alaska , but its existence has not yet been proven. The Waheela is described as a large, wolf-like animal. He should be bigger and stronger than a wolf, and have disproportionately large feet. The front legs should be longer than the rear legs. In contrast to the wolf, the Waheela should not appear in a pack. Native legends describe the Waheela as a kind of evil spirit that kills people. If a real background was ascribed to the legend at all, it was associated with specimens of the subordination of the prehistoric bear dogs or with the Canis dirus , an extinct relative of today's wolves from the Pleistocene .
This animal is probably identical to the Amarok , a giant wolf in Eskimos mythology .
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- ↑ Nick Sucik: Unidentified Canids in North America , in: North American BioFortean Review (PDF; 1.6 MB) July 1955, p. 25
- ↑ Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore , McFarland 2016. Article Amarok .