Diane K. Boyd

For the only first and only time in my life, I pulled a gun on these guys.

Yeah. I was in danger.

Yeah. I was in danger.

Yeah. I was in danger.

Well, they came to pay me a visit.

Well, they came to pay me a visit.

Well, they came to pay me a visit.

They called me by name, which was really freaky. So you think somebody in the woods walking around scares you? Wait until you see somebody who you don't know who it is and they call you by your first name. That's freaky.

They called me by name, which was really freaky. So you think somebody in the woods walking around scares you? Wait until you see somebody who you don't know who it is and they call you by your first name. That's freaky.

They called me by name, which was really freaky. So you think somebody in the woods walking around scares you? Wait until you see somebody who you don't know who it is and they call you by your first name. That's freaky.

I didn't find out because I pulled a gun on them.

I didn't find out because I pulled a gun on them.

I didn't find out because I pulled a gun on them.

I drove them off. And it was terrifying to me. It was not terrifying at the moment because I was absolutely focused, like predator focused, calm. But after they left, I started to shake. Yeah. Yeah. Kind of after the adrenaline surge happened.

I drove them off. And it was terrifying to me. It was not terrifying at the moment because I was absolutely focused, like predator focused, calm. But after they left, I started to shake. Yeah. Yeah. Kind of after the adrenaline surge happened.

I drove them off. And it was terrifying to me. It was not terrifying at the moment because I was absolutely focused, like predator focused, calm. But after they left, I started to shake. Yeah. Yeah. Kind of after the adrenaline surge happened.

They were drunk.

They were drunk.

They were drunk.

Yeah, it wasn't good. And so how did they know who you were? Do you know? Oh, it's a long story. I was working up there. I was kind of a novelty, a young blonde woman. I was only about 25, living alone, studying wolves. And at the time, there were other people coming and going, studying wolves. But at that winter, I was alone. And I had been working—it's a long story—