Posted on 09/21/2006 7:12:24 AM PDT by presidio9
A New York woman is receiving rabies shots after being bitten by a coyote at a rest stop along Interstate 95. The animal had been hanging around the McDonald's restaurant at the rest stop and was being fed by employees, authorities said.
The bite victim, Maria Gicana, a nurse from Queens, said she was driving home from Cape Cod with her boyfriend Sunday night when they stopped at the rest area. She was walking toward the restaurant when the animal attacked her from behind, biting her on the back of her knee.
"I looked around. I thought it was my boyfriend playing tricks on me," she told the New Haven Register. "So I turned around and saw this coyote. Actually, I thought it was a dog."
Fire Department Deputy Chief Mike Klarman said the animal also advanced on him after he responded to the incident Sunday night.
"The coyote got down into what I'd say was a stalking position," he said. "As I began to retreat, it actually stood up and began to walk toward me, and I began to run back to my car."
A state trooper drove her cruiser between Klarman and the animal and it ran into the woods, he said.
Paul Rego, a wildlife biologist at the state Department of Environmental Protection, said coyotes have been known to attack dogs and cats, but attacks on humans are rare.
"To my knowledge, we haven't had anyone injured by coyotes before in Connecticut," he said.
Rego said that if employees fed the coyote, "it was essentially being trained not to be afraid."
He estimated there are 3,000 to 5,000 coyotes living in Connecticut.
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Coyote bites kan be pretti nasti!
There's reason there are no $18 an hour jobs at MacDonalds.
"No, G**DA**IT, I DO NOT WANT CHEESE WITH THAT! IF I ****ING WANTED CHEESE, I WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR ****ING CHEESE! NOW QUIT INTERRUPTING ME MID-SENTENCE AND TAKE MY G**DA**NED, F***ING ORDER!"
I'm better now.
Are coyote bites worse than moose bites?
She's lucky. (Very few people who are attacked by coyotes get to sue McDonald's Corporation.)
This is what happens when too many people watch "Bambi" and listen to the Sierra Club. Animals have to be constantly reminded of just why they should fear humans.
Of course, this being Connecticut, anyone who shot a coyote would probably be arrested.
My brother's standard response to anyone asking if he wants this, that, or the other with his order is, "is it free?" It gets a chuckle out of me every time.
I wonder if she was driving a Plymouth Roadrunner?
Yes, but the worst of all is Moose Limbs.
I take it the Coyote was not a member of "Animals For the Ethical Treatment of Humans."
Uh-oh, did McD's put a warning label on that coyote like they did those hot cups of coffee to protect innocent consumers? 'Cause I'm thinking this lady's got a nice settlement coming her way! :-)
She's already got a Big Mac (boyfriend)...OOooh, the kind of mac$....
hero.
Was she "Lovin' it"?......
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