Coyote strolls into downtown Quiznos

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 4-4-07 | Shamus Toomey

[Renfield]

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A male coyote really did wander into the Quiznos sandwich shop at Wabash and Adams -- in the Loop! -- just before 2 p.m. Tuesday. Workers had propped open the front door for the warm afternoon, and in sauntered the roughly 30-pound, 18-month-old wild animal.

"He probably smelled our prime rib," observed Bina Patel, 23, the shop's manager......

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[Renfield]

"...Fellow worker Ronneshia Mukes, 19, screamed at the unwelcome guest and climbed onto the counter. The coyote then tried to jump over the counter, but he didn't make it....."

Wish I had a video of that.....

[tcostell]

Clearly there are not enough “mouse rifles” in the great state of Illinois. I wonder why that is?

[Aquinasfan]

"He probably smelled our prime rib," observed Bina Patel, 23, the shop's manager......

8-) I can relate.

[Vaquero]

here is a picture;

[Fierce Allegiance]

Good salesperson!

[rod1]

Darn, maybe they do have more meat than Subway after all.

[elli1]

Fun story.

[Grammy]

If a coyote walked into my place, in the middle of the city, at 2 pm, I would be worried that it was rabid!

[jws3sticks]

Joke!

[1rudeboy]

Clearly there are not enough “mouse rifles” in the great state of Illinois. I wonder why that is?

Maybe not in the Loop on a workday, which is probably a good thing. Illinois has no shortage of long guns.

[American_Centurion]

Quiznos needs to capitalize on this and get WB’s Wile Coyote and Road Runner signed to do their commercials.

No sense in letting free publicity go down the drain.

[jws3sticks]

Here's the real deal....

[GreenLanternCorps]

Why didn’t they just tell the coyote: “No shoes, No shirt, No service!”

[Lurker]

I nearly killed a coyote on my way to work about two weeks ago.

Darn thing jumped right out in front of me. As it was dark I very nearly didn't see him at all. Big sucker, too.

L

[sionnsar]

Back in the late 80s, I think it was, we had a coyote wind up on an elevator in the federal building in downtown Seattle.

[gracesdad]

“Clearly there are not enough “mouse rifles” in the great state of Illinois. I wonder why that is?”

Actually, unless the coyote is attacking somebody, I’d think that shooting a gun during lunch hour in a business district might be a very bad idea.

[gracesdad]

Sorry, wasn’t lunch hour. Still think it would be a bad idea.

[gracesdad]

“The officer didn’t have far to go; he was at the Dunkin’ Donuts next door.”

A cop at a donut shop?

[null and void]

It helps keep everybody on their toes....

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Mmm, mmm, mmm...toasty!