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Polish soldiers stopped Magnus Midtbø in Białowieża Forest

He had camped two nights near the Belarus border on a 48-hour wolf tracking trip.

Polish soldiers stopped Magnus Midtbø in Białowieża Forest and told him to leave. He had spent two nights a kilometer from the Belarus border on a 48-hour trip to spot wolves in one of Europe’s densest wolf habitats.

Białowieża is the continent’s oldest forest. Magnus Midtbø and a cameraman went in without guides, set motion-triggered trail cameras, and searched fire towers for signs of packs. One tower was closed. They hung tents in the trees to stay clear of bison and wolves.

They carried passports because of border patrols. He said a missile strike had killed two civilians near the area only days earlier, and locals had warned of odd reports from the woods. On the second morning, military trucks and uniformed men were at the site where he had left a camera.

The patrol asked for passports. He briefly feared they had crossed into Belarus; the men were Polish. Recording stopped during the conversation, and he said the soldiers strongly advised them to leave and come back another time. They walked out without a wild wolf sighting.

The overnight camera recorded a badger that bolted after a nearby sound. He waited about a year after the trip before publishing, citing the military tension in the forest that day.

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