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In extension of Pritchke's post: Perhaps the wolves attacking the Siberian villages are Dog/Wolf hybrids? They are by far the the most vicious dog-like creatures in existence to the best of my memory. And they would bear enough of a resemblance to a wolf, I believe, that anyone being attacked by them would be fooled since he/she couldn't really double-check.
And since there are packs of wild dogs, perhaps the original settlers of the New World had the same problem? Or perhaps we're just getting distorted reports from back then since it IS a while ago and even now people are driven to exaggeration. After seeing some of those slightly dangerous-looking critters, the wolves, the settlers might have cooked up a story about being attacked by them.
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