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Coyote bites woman at Conn. rest stop (further proof that McDonald's does not hire brain surgeons)
Associated Press ^ | 09/20/06

Posted on 09/21/2006 7:12:24 AM PDT by presidio9

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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Exactly. This is a classic million dollar jackpot settlement.


21 posted on 09/21/2006 7:24:27 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: GodBlessPeggyNoonan

Moose Limbs? Please explain... I am unfamiliar with the term... is that a sort of limbo that takes place under antlers?


22 posted on 09/21/2006 7:25:26 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: dfwgator

My sister ønce bit a cøyøte...


23 posted on 09/21/2006 7:25:45 AM PDT by null and void (There's no nothing. End of report. Any questions?)
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To: the invisib1e hand

I saw read that line the same way. What the...??? Seriously, the guy is armed, right? why not shoot the thing?


24 posted on 09/21/2006 7:26:01 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: presidio9
As I began to retreat, it actually stood up and began to walk toward me, and I began to run back to my car.

Sounds to me like it was trying to do some tricks for food. That or even playing.....but then again I wasn't there.

25 posted on 09/21/2006 7:26:32 AM PDT by lovecraft (Specialization is for insects.)
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To: presidio9
"As I began to retreat, it actually stood up and began to walk toward me"

My dogs do this, only because they're forbidden from jumping up on us. So they stand up and walk forward on their hind legs and play the "can I lick someone's belly without touching them with my paws" game.

I wonder if it's leftover from some attack instinct.

26 posted on 09/21/2006 7:28:06 AM PDT by avg_freeper (Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
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To: dangus

I hear that.


27 posted on 09/21/2006 7:29:09 AM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: null and void

Cøyøte bites can be very nasti.


28 posted on 09/21/2006 7:29:56 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh
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To: Obadiah
Seriously, the guy is armed, right? why not shoot the thing?

"Fire Department Deputy Chief Mike Klarman said the animal also advanced on him after he responded to the incident Sunday night.

No, firemen don't carry guns.

29 posted on 09/21/2006 7:31:03 AM PDT by Ditto
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To: presidio9
He estimated there are 3,000 to 5,000 coyotes living in Connecticut.

All are registered demonRATS.

30 posted on 09/21/2006 7:31:39 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: presidio9

I'd be worried about rabies as well. For the thing to advance on humans instead of retreat raises the ante for rabies. That's the real pity that the animal wasn't shot. They could have then tested the brain for rabies. Now they won't know.


31 posted on 09/21/2006 7:32:41 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: dfwgator
Beat me to it.

Well, consider this: if the woman had spilled hot coffee on the coyote, both she and PETA could sue McDonalds.

32 posted on 09/21/2006 7:32:54 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh
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To: presidio9
"it was essentially being trained not to be afraid."

No, it was being trained that people=food source. If coyotes are spotted around here, they are shot whenever possible.

33 posted on 09/21/2006 7:33:16 AM PDT by WV Mountain Mama (Kids everywhere are cheering because they will never be forced to eat spinach again.)
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To: Puppage

Hometown news ping.


34 posted on 09/21/2006 7:33:54 AM PDT by Toby06 (Hydrogen is not a fuel source. Hydrogen is an energy storage method, like a battery.)
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To: pillut48
"'Cause I'm thinking this lady's got a nice settlement coming her way! :-)"

The trial pimps can't have it both ways...Now that the hazards of fast food are the basis for numerous lawsuits, I think the McD's employees have a fairly good defense on the grounds that they weren't feeding the coyote, so much as they were trying to induce heart failure in the nuisance animal. I'd bet at least one employee had further stepped outside during his shift to expose it to second hand smoke as well....

35 posted on 09/21/2006 7:34:40 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: the invisib1e hand
hero.

As I started to enter the building, I saw smokke coming out of it. I realized that it was on fire, so I backed off.

36 posted on 09/21/2006 7:34:57 AM PDT by presidio9 (Make Mohammed's day: Shoot a nun in the back.)
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To: Ditto; Obadiah

They should if they are responding to a Coyote call....


37 posted on 09/21/2006 7:37:06 AM PDT by HeadOn (Pro Deo, Pro Familia, Pro Patria)
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To: cripplecreek

I'll have me the bigg'en


38 posted on 09/21/2006 7:37:11 AM PDT by ElTiante
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To: USS Alaska
He estimated there are 3,000 to 5,000 coyotes living in Connecticut.


I thought coyotes worked down on the mexican border at night...
39 posted on 09/21/2006 7:37:24 AM PDT by Issaquahking (Trust can't be bought)
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To: presidio9

Memo to all McDonald's employees:

Do not under any circumstances feed the following on McDonald's property since they are armed and dangerous:

dogs, cats, ants, hamsters, gerbils, yellow jackets, wasps, hornets, mosquitoes, flies, chickens, cows, lions, tigers, giraffes, crows, sparrows, eagles, hawks, aardvarks, kangaroos, hyenas, gerboas, okapis, spiders, tarsiers, sloths, porcupines, raccoons, coyotes, wolves, bears, deer, alligator, crocodiles, sting rays, whales, elephants, members of PETA, snakes, sharks, liberals, communists, terrorists, or any other living thing except normal humans.

This order is effective immediately.


40 posted on 09/21/2006 7:39:07 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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