Swampscott Teen Bit by Coyote

[pupchow]

Swampscott Teen Bit By Coyote

It's still out there!

"Police said someone was bitten by a coyote Saturday night in the woods between Burpee Road and the upper Jackson Field. Boston 25 reports the victim is 17 and was taken to North Shore Medical Center.

Swampscott and Environmental Police searched the woods but could not find the coyote."

 

[Palladin]

Bang

 

[robjax]

Be prepared:

• Walk with a walking stick, carry a noise maker, walk with a buddy

 

[EddieA]

Be prepared:

• Walk with a walking stick, carry a noise maker, walk with a buddy

Say hello to my little friend...

 

[FPrice]

Be prepared:

• Walk with a walking stick, carry a noise maker, walk with a buddy who is slower than you. Or looks more appetizing.

FIFY.

 

[robjax]

FIFY.

exactly right...I don't have to be faster than the coyote...I just need to be faster than you....lmao..

 

[SKumar]

If a coyote approaches you:

• Do not run or turn your back
• Be as big and loud as possible
• Wave your arms and throw objects
• Face the coyote and back away slowly
• If attacked, fight back

I guess I'll need hulk pills and MMA training for these bastards. *puts AK back in safe*

 

[PaddyHarmonic]

Be prepared:

• Walk with a walking stick, carry a noise maker, walk with a buddy

My .357 noise maker....

 

[DarthRevan]

.380s are coyote killers right?

 

[Waher]

Pepper and bear spray is perfectly legal and well suited for repelling four legged predators. But encouraging people to carry defensive weapons might be a gateway thing for the 2A and the press can't encourage that.

 

[Chris M.]

OP is right. It is still out there. Lurking. Waiting.

 

[W.E.C]

Walk with a buddy.....

 

[Sentenza]

I hope they put that thing down before it can vote.

 

[cockpitbob]

I thought non-rabid coyotes attacking humans basically never happened, unless the human was doing something stupid like feeding or cornering the yote. Then there's this from Wikipedia:

Although media reports of such attacks generally identify the animals in question as simply "coyotes", research into the genetics of the eastern coyote indicates those involved in attacks in northeast North America, including Pennsylvania, New York, New England, and Eastern Canada, may have actually been coywolves, hybrids of Canis latrans not fully coyotes.[3]

Interesting.

 

[DarthRevan]

Then there's this from Wikipedia:

Interesting.

Be careful who you mention "coywolves" to. I've seen some supposed scientists lose their minds at the word saying it's a media creation and wolves and coyotes dont mate.

 

[cockpitbob]

Be careful who you mention "coywolves" to. I've seen some supposed scientists lose their minds at the word saying it's a media creation and wolves and coyotes dont mate.

"don't mate". That's hard for me to believe. If a dog will try to mate with my shin, they'll mate with anything.

 

[DarthRevan]

"don't mate". That's hard for me to believe. If a dog will try to mate with my shin, they'll mate with anything.

Not arguing that lol

 

[whalerman69]

View attachment 236653 Walk with a buddy.....

I do!

 

[Uzi2]

Be careful who you mention "coywolves" to. I've seen some supposed scientists lose their minds at the word saying it's a media creation and wolves and coyotes dont mate.

Those scientists should be expelled from the scientific community with haste. All canine species can mate, and coyotes and wolves have and do mate all the time. There are many documented hybrids all around the US and Canada.

 

[white feather]

Coywolf advocates such as Jon Way are pushing for the term coywolf to elevate their (coyotes) status to make them a protected species (like the wolf)...

 

[Frizzle Fry]

I thought non-rabid coyotes attacking humans basically never happened, unless the human was doing something stupid like feeding or cornering the yote. Then there's this from Wikipedia:

Interesting.

That's been the party line from the .gov-.org eggheads for years... Myself and others had tried to report 50lb+ coyotes, aggressive coyotes, and unusual behavior and were told "you're mistaken they're 35lb at most and very skittish". Well, I've got this one here that's 60lb and dead "oh no you're mistaken" oh, OK, well why'd this guy curl his lip and advance on a 250lb man "oh no you're mistaken", well how about this pack they're huge and here's where you can find them every day "oh no, you're mistaken". Even after highly publicised attacks, including several inside the 128 belt this was the party line by "scientists".

The world has gone nuts in the last 8 years. Black is white, up is down, etc.

 

[cockpitbob]

That's been the party line from the .gov-.org eggheads for years...
The world has gone nuts in the last 8 years. Black is white, up is down, etc.

Nothing to worry about. Everything's fine.

 

[BrianWilson]

Swampscott and Environmental Police searched the woods but could not find the coyote."

Hard to believe a bunch of folks walking around the woods in broad daylight couldn't sneak up on the damn thing.

 

[hminsky]

And I think everyone knows how dangerous coyotes can be.

 

[Captahab416]

I've had my fair share of coyote encounters on North Shore beaches late at night. Only time I get nervous is when they're roaming in packs of >5, that's when they start to get ballsy.