Coyotes make themselves at home in Stoney Creek

Carolyne DeLaat discovered her family had some new neighbours late last year.

And with any new residents moving into a neighbourhood, it has taken them a while to get used to them. These residents, though, took the DeLaat family a lot more time to understand.

“The first thing we heard were these little puppies, back in December,” said DeLaat, who has lived in her Oakridge Drive home that backs onto the Niagara Escarpment for about five years.

“We thought we had dogs. Then the howling began, and we wondered what could it be?”

One Sunday night when she let out her golden retriever, her eyes moved up to the escarpment and locked onto a huge coyote staring straight at her, and not backing down from the human contact. “They just look at you,” she said.

“I had to run after my dog, grab her and put on her leash.”

Comments

[Norm Files]

The last sentence doesnt really say a whole heck of a lot.
For 1 thing..Coyotes aren't huge by any stretch of the imagination, Not backing down from the human contact??..What contact?
And they just look at you?..Just like a raccoon , possum and Deer will just look at you when they are hoping you didnt see them...People really need to get a grip and educate themselves as opposed to screaming chicken little.
You back yerd backs into the escarpment...Any reasonable person would expect there would be wildlife back there