**Heartbroken Fairbanks Mom Demands Answers After Son’s Dog Found Dead—Attack Suspected**
**Fairbanks, AK** – A normally quiet neighborhood off Chena Ridge Road is buzzing with anger and fear tonight after a family’s beloved husky mix, “King,” was found dead in its own yard this morning. The dog’s owner, Sarah Mitchell, says she let King out at 6 AM for his usual run and returned 20 minutes later to find him unresponsive, with what appear to be deep puncture wounds on his neck and hindquarters.
“He didn’t even yelp. Whoever or whatever did this—it was quick and it was brutal,” Mitchell said, fighting back tears. “My 8-year-old son is shattered. He keeps asking if the ‘bad wolf’ is coming back.”
While local Fish and Game officials have not yet confirmed the cause, they have warned residents that a “large predator” (likely a wolf or a bear emerging from hibernation) has been spotted multiple times this week within two miles of downtown. But neighbors aren’t buying it.
“They’ll tell you it’s a bear or a wolf to avoid a lawsuit,” fumed lifelong resident Ray Kowalski. “But we all saw what happened last winter when that illegal dog-fighting ring got busted up behind the old coal plant. You think those animals just vanished? No. Common sense says we’ve got a trained killer on the loose, and it’s not a wild animal—it’s someone’s misplaced ‘guard dog.’ Keep your kids close and your shotguns closer.”
Mitchell has created a neighborhood watch page, and several parents are now refusing to let their children walk to the bus stop alone. “I’m not trying to start a panic,” she said. “But if it’s a wild dog or a wolf, it needs to be stopped before it goes after a child. My boy doesn’