The woman’s husband, Saadi Al-Mitairi, who is in his 70s, had gone outside at midnight to tend to their goats when he came across the wolf in front of his house in the village of Ghidairah, Mahd Al-Dahab municipality. The wolf attacked Saadi who fought back and held on to its limbs for some 90 minutes.

Wondering where her husband was, Saadi’s wife came outside and saw what was happening. She then went inside and returned with a kitchen knife, stabbing the wolf several times till it died.

“We only heard what my mom and dad did the next day. My dad’s old but strong and was able to hold on to the wolf’s legs for around an hour and a half,” said Abdullah Al-Mitairi, Saadi’s son.

“He didn’t think he’d find a goat when he went out that night to check on the goats,” he said, adding that his father was not hurt or injured, and that he and his brothers were out at the time.

The Saadi family has now hung the wolf's body from a tree in front of the house, as is the custom in rural Saudi villages, to scare off other wolves.