""I was like, 'Am I hallucinating?'" Tena Hadzic, a 21-year-old Croatian skier, told NPR. There on the course was a real, live, beautiful wolfdog. He appeared on the final stretch of the qualifying event Wednesday morning and raced along, pursuing the sliding track camera like a superstar before turning to follow a couple of athletes across the finish line. Look at him:"
""He was crying this morning more than normal because he was seeing us leaving-and I think he just wanted to follow us," Nazgul's owner told NPR. Poor Nazgul! He just wanted to hang out and have a good time with his buddies! Thank god there were some nearby Olympic athletes going really fast on skis for him to see. The athletes themselves didn't seem to care that much. It was only a qualifying race, and the medal contenders had already finished."
A two-year-old Czechoslovakian wolfdog named Nazgul ran onto a cross-country ski team sprint course during the qualifying event and raced along the final stretch. Athletes completing the six-mile sprint in about 20 minutes encountered the wolfdog near the finish as their legs burned and lungs were exhausted. Nazgul chased the sliding-track camera and followed competitors across the line, prompting surprise and amusement among skiers. Competitors described the encounter as non-aggressive and fleeting; one competitor said she could not pet the dog because of the race. Nazgul lives at a nearby bed and breakfast and had been more vocal that morning, possibly wanting to follow people.
Read at Defector
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]