Originally posted by DarkFall:

Nobody had that ability, as nobody but me had been on during this period. I think it was some kind of glitch like maybe the world save happened around when it was "born" or it might have happened around a crash. The two odd factors, it not attacking other wolves and it being so much more powerful than even 2-star wolves makes me think it was simply a "glitch in the matrix" so to speak and will likely never happen again. The fact that all I had on the longboat were 2-stars wolves, yet it was found treading water in the bay with eight 2-star wolves, when I only lost 4-5 overboard also makes me think odd glitch.

My main reason for even bringing it up, is that I was wondering if anyone else had experienced any oddness related to things spawning around a game save or a game crash, maybe? My friends and I have our games set up pretty much the same, with only one person having added a few other things, but out of the 8 of us, I am the only one experiencing weirdness. It's not important and it has made things interesting, to say the least.

Having the starred serpents tells me something is wrong with your game install.
The only thing that could put them in is modifying game files or mods... considering you have this bizarre wolf I am thinking you either put in another mod and removed it or someone you played with effected your server. If it was limited to just the wolf being odd I would consider it just a glitch.

Mods are use at your own risk and have a bad habit of putting your saves in danger.

I would suggest you back up your saves.
Uninstall the game
Manually go to the game folder and delete it entirely <this is the only way to be certain you have a clean install with no mod files left over>
Reinstall the game.
Start a new world with a new character and check to see if everything is as it should be.
Then try to add in old saves and mods one at a time to verify function.

After that you should avoid playing on servers with people you don't know or trust.