[quote]A 13-year-old Norwegian boy avoided being attacked by wolves by playing a heavy metal song on his mobile phone, the Zvuki.ru music web portal reported on Thursday.
The incident took place in the central Norwegian municipality of Rakkestad. Four wolves, who appeared before the boy when he was returning home from school, were scared away by the noise coming from the boy's mobile phone, the Russian website said.
The song that saved the boy's life was by thrash metal band Megadeth.
The boy said he had been told that in order to avoid being attacked by wolves one should not run away from them but attack them.
[url]http://en.rian.ru/strange/20110120/162226182.html[/url]
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I remember reading somewhere that he played like christian metal instead of Megadeth...hmm
To be honest, any music played over a mobile phone's shitty speakers is going to scare animals away.
[quote]BastoidNot entirely true..
22:53, 21/01/2011
The story itself is true enough. But the choice of music is a lie in this case. According to the source itself (the actual boy), it was "Creed" with the track "Overcome".
[url]http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/walter-13-jaget-ulveflokk-med-heavy-metallaat-3392514.html[/url]
Say you were in the same situation, what track would you choose?
I guess mine would be:
Mastodon's "The Wolf is Loose"[/quote]
It wasn't Megadeth, damn it
I thought wolves don't attack unless you provoke them?
Wowee. That's metals.
[QUOTE=Nikota;27607820]I remember reading somewhere that he played like christian metal instead of Megadeth...hmm[/QUOTE]
I guess thats why they wolves ran off then.
[QUOTE=Simples;27607829]I thought wolves don't attack unless you provoke them?[/QUOTE]
They attack when they are hungry
[QUOTE=Simples;27607829]I thought wolves don't attack unless you provoke them?[/QUOTE]
If they are hungry, you're alone and there's no other good prey in the area, why wouldn't they try to kill you?
I came here expecting a group of three heavy metal band members to save the boy.
Still, boy is winner.
I thought the band was Creed and the song was Overcome?
[QUOTE=ThePutty;27607823]It wasn't Megadeth, damn it[/QUOTE]
I'd run too if someone was playing Creed.
This has to be the weirdest thing i have ever read.
Such is life in Norway..
wheres that comic of the metal head that has no friends
Metal and world of warcraft saves Norwegian kids from wildlife.
Blasting metal wouldn't stop a pack of wolves.
They simply weren't threatened by the boys. Wolves rarely attack humans unless they're sick or injured anyways.
wonder how they would react to Wolves in the Throne Room
I don't blame them, I'd run away, too.
What's with Scandinavians and heavy metal.
I mean, I've noticed a lot of occasions where a Scandinavian and metal of some kind were put in the same sentence.
Wow, it wasn't Megadeth.
[quote] Sometimes, you never know the power of loud rock until you need it the most.
A 13 year-old Norwegian boy found that out in the most surreal of circumstances earlier this week.
Spiegel International reports Walter Eikrem was listening to music on his mobile phone as he made his way home from school in the southern Norwegian town of Rakkestad on Monday.
Four wolves appeared on the path Eikram usually takes from the bus stop to his home.
"I was afraid they would attack me," Walter told the Norwegian tabloid VG. But he didn't let his fear show. Remembering his parents' advice, Walter pulled the earphones out of his mobile phone, turned the volume all the way up and blasted heavy metal music over its miniature speakers. At the same time, he yelled as loud as he could while flailing his arms about wildly to scare off the pack of wild animals.
"The worst thing you can do is run away because doing so just invites the wolves to chase you down," Walter told TV2. "But I was so afraid that I couldn't even run away if I'd wanted to."
The plan worked. Eikrem said he was able to drive away the wolves by playing the song "Overcome" by Creed.
"They didn't really get scared," Walter said. "They just turned around and simply trotted away."
Check out the full story at Spiegel International here.
Thanks for the report to Hennemusic.com. [/quote]
[url]http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/creed_song_saves_norwegian_boy_from_wolves.html[/url]
[url]http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,740680,00.html[/url]
[img]http://www.spiegel.de/images/image-171783-galleryV9-rkje.jpg[/img]
I'd walk away too if someone blasted Creed at me.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;27608615]What's with Scandinavians and heavy metal.
I mean, I've noticed a lot of occasions where a Scandinavian and metal of some kind were put in the same sentence.[/QUOTE]
It's a popular Genre there.
Im surprised they didn't attack when he started blasting Creed
change title
creed isn't metal and frankly I'm offended
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;27608615]What's with Scandinavians and heavy metal.
I mean, I've noticed a lot of occasions where a Scandinavian and metal of some kind were put in the same sentence.[/QUOTE]
So have I, but only on the internet.
I live in Norway myself, but I don't see Norway as a place of heavy metal in any way.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;27608615]What's with Scandinavians and heavy metal.
I mean, I've noticed a lot of occasions where a Scandinavian and metal of some kind were put in the same sentence.[/QUOTE]
well what music do you think the vikings listened to, duh
Scott Stapps angelic voice banished the wolves back into the darkness.
Is anyone else surprised that some wolves attacked a boy WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL? I mean, is that commonplace in Norway?
He probably blasted Manowar, causing his muscles to bulge obscenely and tear his shirt off, make his hair grow a foot and a full beard sprout out of his face in a second. And then came the berserker rage.
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