This happened to me once in real life, sorta. I was several miles deep into a trail along the base of a mountain when a couple of loose dogs and I crossed paths. Of course there was no cellphone reception, so I was a bit at a loss as to what I should do. Neither one of them would actually come up close to me, but they were close enough that I could see they didn’t have collars. I feel like there’s a learning opportunity there, always keep your dogs on a leash when you’re out in public.
Anyway, first I tried to follow them as best I could, thinking they might pull a Lassie and lead me to their owner or owners. Maybe it was someone in need of help, after all. After what felt like hours of walking, still no sign of the owners. At this point I was getting tired and running low on water, plus it was getting late and starting to sprinkle.
I decided to turn back. Figured I’d call the cops or something once I got back to my car and could get close enough into town for my phone to start working again. Go figure, the dogs followed me. That whole time I thought I was following them. Anyway, get to the stairs leading up to the parking lot, and this lady at the top belted out a screech that could have shattered adamantium. Apparently the dogs were “wild coyotes”. Like I was supposed to know that somehow?
If you’re going to be venturing out into coyote country alone you should at least be able to differentiate them from dogs. Not safe for you or the coyotes.
I’ve been around coyotes my entire life and usually when you see them, they’re already high-tailing the other direction. Either you have some super-tame coyotes or those weren’t coyotes.
There’s a lot of animals to be more afraid of than coyotes and wolves. I think between them there’s been maybe 4 fatalities in the last century. The last thing I would get in front of is a moose cow with a calf, that’s a good way to find Valhalla.
This happened to me once in real life, sorta. I was several miles deep into a trail along the base of a mountain when a couple of loose dogs and I crossed paths. Of course there was no cellphone reception, so I was a bit at a loss as to what I should do. Neither one of them would actually come up close to me, but they were close enough that I could see they didn’t have collars. I feel like there’s a learning opportunity there, always keep your dogs on a leash when you’re out in public.
Anyway, first I tried to follow them as best I could, thinking they might pull a Lassie and lead me to their owner or owners. Maybe it was someone in need of help, after all. After what felt like hours of walking, still no sign of the owners. At this point I was getting tired and running low on water, plus it was getting late and starting to sprinkle.
I decided to turn back. Figured I’d call the cops or something once I got back to my car and could get close enough into town for my phone to start working again. Go figure, the dogs followed me. That whole time I thought I was following them. Anyway, get to the stairs leading up to the parking lot, and this lady at the top belted out a screech that could have shattered adamantium. Apparently the dogs were “wild coyotes”. Like I was supposed to know that somehow?
If you’re going to be venturing out into coyote country alone you should at least be able to differentiate them from dogs. Not safe for you or the coyotes.
I’ve been around coyotes my entire life and usually when you see them, they’re already high-tailing the other direction. Either you have some super-tame coyotes or those weren’t coyotes.
more than 1 will follow you because they know humans are dumb enough to feed them.
more than 3 and you’re the meal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote
Suuure, and next thing ya know, those rocs will snatch you up by accident if you’re riding an elephant.
y’all haven’t been chased by coyotes before and it shows.
There’s a lot of animals to be more afraid of than coyotes and wolves. I think between them there’s been maybe 4 fatalities in the last century. The last thing I would get in front of is a moose cow with a calf, that’s a good way to find Valhalla.
yes. I’m terrified of polar bears, but fortunately I live in an area where coyotes outnumber polar bears 1500 to 0.