Livestock Predator Still a Mystery, Two Months After Its Death

Even after wolves were hunted, trapped and poisoned out of existence in most of Montana, lone predators continued to haunt sheepherders. There was the White Wolf of the Judith Basin, hunted for 15 years, and the Ghost Wolf of the Little Rockies.

"These things became mythological," said Ed Bangs, the Fish and Wildlife Service recovery coordinator for the Rocky Mountains. "Some people said they had supernatural powers."

They were, however, wolves. Wildlife officials are not sure what the latest phantom livestock killer was.

Still might be a Shunka Warak'in.