Missouri Wolves?

A Missouri hunter believes he saw two timber wolves in Saline County. (News source.)

"Daughtry was bow hunting on land owned by Saline County farmer Velma Bacon near the intersection of county roads 206 and 215 when he saw the pair of animals trot past." ...
"Daughtry said the animals' fur was greyish in color and guessed they were tall enough to reach nearly to his hip."
"He hasn't seen the animals since, but he thinks they may have a litter of young because he has heard yips and whining sounds that pups might make.
"Saline County Conservation Agent Tom Davidson said he had received a report on the sighting but had not yet visited the site.
"He noted that the presence of wolves in Missouri is exceedingly rare -- reports of wolf sightings are much less frequent even than reports of mountain lion sightings.
"He said there was one report of a wolf sighting further west of Bacon's property late in the spring, but investigation of the sight did not yield conclusive evidence. Tracks there did not appear to be big enough to be made by wolves, he said.
"The only definite case of a wolf in Missouri recently that Davidson could remember was from several years back when someone in Grundy County shot what they thought was a coyote and it turned out to be a radio-tagged wolf from a northern state that had wandered south."