Among the strangest viral videos of the year, none has caused as much debate as the one showing a dog that looks exactly like a wolf.
The footage begins at sunset in a quiet forest. A man is filming a large gray dog standing motionless among the trees. Its yellow eyes glow faintly, watching him.
The man whispers softly, “It’s okay, buddy, I won’t hurt you…” but the dog doesn’t move. Instead, it tilts its head slightly, staring back with an almost human awareness.
As the man reaches his hand out — the animal lets out a scream, not a bark, but a chilling, human-like cry.
The camera shakes as the man falls backward, and by the time it steadies again, the dog is gone.
Some say the creature was no dog at all, but a shape-shifting wolf from old legends.
The video went viral with one warning repeated everywhere:
> “If you see a dog that looks like a wolf… don’t go near it.”