Just recently there was a verified sighting of a wolverine in Michigan where supposedly they have never occurred. I saw this on another forum. Anyone else here know about this? They were wondering on the other forum about how it got there, maybe across a frozen,lake huron,is it? What little I know about wolverines is that they have great ability to travel long distance.

Here is one of the stories from the local newspaper.

Wolverine surprises hunters
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
LaNIA COLEMAN
THE SAGINAW NEWS
BAD AXE -- A group of hunters told authorities Tuesday they were shocked to discover that the strange animal they tracked through rural Huron County was a wolverine. The last time anyone saw a wolverine in the state of Michigan was before it was a state," said State Police Sgt. T.J. Riegle of the Bad Axe Post.
Michigan became a state in 1837.
Riegle said a DNR wildlife biologist from the Cass City field office confirmed that the animal is a wolverine.
"We have a dedicated group of coyote hunters here," Riegle said. "They were out yesterday in an area that is basically southwest of Bad Axe when they spotted the animal."
The hunters weren't sure what it was, Riegle said. The hunters and their dogs chased the wolverine for about six miles and left it unharmed.
"They called here and we thought they were nuts (when they said it was a wolverine)," Riegle said. "But they got enough detail and they said it looked exactly like the stuffed wolverine down the road at Wolverine Auto."
Arnie Karr, a DNR biologist, became intrigued by reports of the wolverine so he went out to take a look and confirmed that it is a wolverine, the sergeant said.
The destruction of its wilderness habitat has driven the wolverine from its historic habitat across the northern part of the United States, including Michigan.
Today, the elusive member of the weasel family is known to exist only in Washington's Cascade Range and in the Rocky Mountains in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon and California.
Riegle said no one needs to worry about the wolverine.
"They're not great hunters," he said. "They exist mostly on carrion and we have an ample supply of deer carcasses right now. It won't stalk and attack but it's as dangerous as any wild animal you'll meet out there." t
LaNia Coleman is a staff writer for The Saginaw News. You may reach her at 776-9690.
� 2004 Saginaw News.


This is a link to another story on the subject:

http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-9/1077810797150890.xml?sanews?NECN

It sure has more than a few folks in Michigan scratching their heads.