[at-l] Coyote Attack

[Steve Miller]

When unconfirmed reports of coyotes were first reported in the 
Cincinnati area, the local paper's cartoonist drew what I thought was 
one of his funniest non-political cartoons:

http://borgman.cincinnati.com/cartoons/2004/03/2283tn590.jpg

(Full attribution: Cincinnati Enquirer, March 28, 2004 by Jim Borgman)

UpToSomethin'

Dennis wrote:
> For the past 2 years we have had warnings from Cobb County that there are
> coyotes roaming around here in East Cobb County Georgia...between Marietta
> and Roswell, 10.3 miles north of the 285 loop around Atlanta...or more
> importantly...65.9 miles from Springer Mountain.  With watering restrictions
> last summer I was out moving a sprinkler in my yard sometime around 2am and
> looked up to see a coyote walk from my neighbor's yard across the street and
> around my house.  I think it is very likely that coyote's are all around the
> AT in Georgia.
>
> David Addleton wrote:
> I've heard coyotes only in Cohuttas, late one night falling asleep
> after a long hike.
> I heard their calls to chase prey and I heard their foot steps very
> close by in a dark, moonless night.
> Their calls are not dissimilar to the jackal calls I knew as a kid in
> south asia.
> I've known ferrel and trained dogs to attack humans, but I wasn't
> aware of coyotes doing this.
>
> Has anyone heard coyotes along the AT?
> They must cross it or run near it in some places.
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