A video of a growling wolf, baring its teeth as it approaches a jogger at Råbjerg Mile in northern Jutland, spread like wildfire over the weekend and has reignited the debate over wolves.

Several experts have emphasized that the wolf, judging by its behavior, was not gearing up to attack but was simply trying to scare the runner away to protect its pup. But even if the situation was not necessarily dangerous, an encounter with a threatening wolf can still be so frightening that it may leave deep psychological scars.