[dave 911]

Monday night, a neighbor of mine (a big guy, probably 6'3" or so) was out in his driveway with his small dog (our cat is bigger) when a coyote approached them from his unfenced backyard and lunged at his dog. He jerked the dog up into the air by the chain, and started backing into the garage, while yelling at it. The coyote did not back down and followed him into the garage, where he opened his car door between he and the coyote. He then ran into the house, he and the dog were unharmed.

There have been a couple sightings over the last few months, but this is the first confrontation I've heard about. It's not like we live in the boonies... we're in a suburb, with some woods nearby.

Pretty scary, I thought coyotes were supposed to shy away from people....I was out running at 5am this morning and was thinking about maybe carrying some pepper spray with me? I'm definitely going to get some for the wife when she is out walking our dog.