if it was a coyote, could have been in beginning stages of rabies- also could have been a coyote dog hybrid- coydog- soem claim they don’t exist- others claim they do- dunno what the reality is=- but it certainly didn’t look like a full coyote
Around where I live, DNR doesn’t want to admit the coyote problem because then they’d have to deal with it.
Until they do, “We don’t see no stinkin’ coyote, man!”