How To: Kill A Wolf, Eskimo-Style




How does an Eskimo hunter kill a wolf? First, he coats his razor knife blade with animal blood and allows it to freeze. He then adds layer after layer of blood until the blade is completely hidden by the frozen blood. Next, the hunter plants his knife in the ground with its blade up.

Then comes a wolf led by its sense of smell to the source of the bait and starts to lick the frozen blood. After a while, it licks faster and more intently, lapping the blade in the cold arctic night. Since its craving for blood is now uncontrollable, the sting of the naked razor blade goes unnoticed. It does not realize that the blood that is being sucked is now its own. After a while, the wolf runs dry and dies.

(From the book "Only the Real Matters" by Francis J. Kong)