My animals don't go outside at night.
Anyway, I called the wildlife department and I sent them pics of the prints (I did compare them to wolf + coyote tracks on a government website and they perfectly matched a wolf's prints--they were nothing like coyote prints). They haven't gotten back to me yet.
Yeah, they watch, but only when I've got my dog and they're obviously curious. They would linger around somewhere in the woods by the edge for a minute or so, then they'd trot away...
About "verified", there is I think three people in all of North America who have treid to report wolf attacks but two of the times it was wolf hybrids (wolfdogs turned loose) and the other time, the behavior of the wolves was like that of rabid wolves as they had lost all sense of judgment.
But anyway, they'll obviously think more than twice about attacking. Wolf hunters, when they got wolves in leghold traps, would just break the poor wolf's neck with their bare hands. And there was a case where a shepherd cornered a wolf to club it and the wolf bit his arm and ran, but didn't even break the skin--it was just a nip.
Even if they have bitten people to defend themselves, that doesn't make them any more dangerous than your neighbor. Honestly, who
wouldn't defend themselves if they were cornered by some crazy guy who wanted to kill them?
Little Red Riding Hood lied.
On the other hand, deer--especially bucks--are extremely dangerous when they want to be. Especially around mating season. o_O
