[normy]

I saw one of these, or something similar crossing my yard in Plano, a suburb of Dallas pop.200,000+. I was out in the yard with my kids when this thing crossed the street and was crossing between my house and my neighbors. It stepped and stared at me and my kids.

My first thoughts was that it was a dingo and I knew they would bite without warning so I just stood and kept eye contact. It appeared to have a broken front paw and looked really pathetic.

My neighbor came out and the thing walked off. I told him to call animal control because there was a mangy coyote or dingo or something roaming around. They informed him it was a coyote and that they had a pet name for it and could never catch it.

I have seen coyotes, even ones roaming the suburbs, but never one that looked like this thing.

[mmercier]

There are coy dogs that you would not believe all over the country; people now keep very exotic breeds as pets, and they interbreed.

I saw a dead coy dog that must have been half Rhodesian or bull mastiff, an 80 pounder at least.

If you see one up close it is likely sick, they flee from people if they are healthy.