[SampleMan]

Coyotes? I highly doubt this. Coyotes would run away if you stepped towards them.

Concur. Sounds like wolves or wild dogs.

[hellbender]

I think coyotes have been known to enter people’s open doors and attempt to drag small children from the house. Some wild predators fear people only because they have been hunted for centuries (e.g. wolves, black bears). Once hunting stops, they may become dangerous again.