The YouTube Bigfoot... What's It All Really About?

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I was just snuffling around on the net and came across an article about an animal that
could well fit the vague image Ninurta provided.


What do you think?

Giant wolfdog at Florida sanctuary is basically a 'Game of Thrones' direwolf

'A Golden Gate Estates wolf facility is seeking to capitalize on the popularity of "Game of Thrones"
that begins its final season Sunday.

Shy Wolf Sanctuary has started a GoFundMe page with a goal of raising $100,000 to initiate Shy Wolf’s
efforts to relocate its facility and continue their mission. Donations are also accepted on the Shy Wolf website.


Big dog.

The timing of the show's airing this weekend coincides with coverage of a wolf at Shy Wolf that went viral earlier
this year. Bored Panda, a Lithuanian website, published a story and photo on Yuki — (YOO-kye), a wolf at the
sanctuary — and the TV show "Inside Edition" this week featured Yuki in a segment.

A show hostess asked whether Yuki is a direwolf, with interviews of Shy Wolf staff members.
A 2018 DNA test confirmed that Yuki is 87.5 percent gray wolf, 8.6 percent Siberian husky and 3.9 percent
German shepherd.

"The popularity of 'Game of Thrones' has fueled interest in extinct species believed to have lived from 1 million
to 10,000 years ago," Shy Wolf stated in a news release. On the HBO series, the extinct direwolves often are
featured and have been since the first episode that aired eight years ago.

"Modern-day wolves and wolfdogs can on occasion grow big enough to resemble a direwolf," the sanctuary release
continued. "In turn, the direwolves have helped with GoT’s success and incredible fan base growth.
Modern-day wolves and wolfdogs both represent the majority of the population at (Shy Wolf Sanctuary), which has
long outgrown its 2.5-acre facility in Naples’ Golden Gate Estates area."...'

'...Yuki was abandoned at eight months old by his original owners living on Florida’s east coast, ending up in a
Florida high-kill shelter. A shelter employee told Shy Wolf about him, and Yuki moved to the 2.5-acre Collier
County facility in 2007.
Wolfdogs are generally considered unadoptable by domestic animal services and have nowhere else to go...'

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