[Borges]

[Borges]

According to Wiki this is the first recorded incident of an adult being killed by coyotes.

[Hardastarboard]

Coyotes?!?!? I thought they were shy, harmless creatures who would eat your house pets but didn't attack humans.

Anybody here know about this stuff? They're getting to be more present EVERYWHERE in the US. I want to know if I need to go about armed to keep the little buggers off of me, much as I hate to think I have to worry about it.

[NativeNewYorker]

Been there. Remote doesn’t start to describe it.

[Charlespg]

poor kid

[ClearCase_guy]

Very sad.

The folks who want wolves to roam free across the landscape should re-think their position. Wolves are a much bigger threat than coyotes, and coyotes are obviously dangerous.

[GOP Poet]

Annie bring your gun.

[saganite]

I wonder why the other hiker wasn’t a little more pro active. Two adults vs two coyotes seems like a mismatch.

[a fool in paradise]

tough crowd.

[Drew68]

Another hiker, who was walking nearby, heard her cries for help and called 911.

I'd like to think this other hiker rendered immediate assistance and administered first aid to stem the bleeding and try and save her life but there's no mention of this happening in the story.

[Robert357]

A lovely young woman whose future has been lost. How sad.

Whenever I go for a walk in the woods I carry at least a 357 magnum revolver, sometimes a 44 Rem Mag revolver. You never know what or who you might run into. Unfortunately in Canada, self defense with a firearm is not allowed and so this young lady had no such option.

[Catholic Canadian]

I have a tough time believing it was a coyote, but I guess stranger things have happened.

[fanfan]

[classified]

Never ski and never hike by yourself...

[maine-iac7]

I often hear a pack of coyotes running deer through my woods at night - been here ‘in the woods’ 20 yrs and in them all the time - never seen one except up further north, now and again, trotting along the highway.

Our coyotes back east are also called ‘brush wolves’ - and are more wolf size than the western coyote. They are VERY shy of humans and you will seldom see them in the wild.

Since they did not get one of these animals to examine, I wonder if they might have been wild dogs - which are known to be vicious and do often attack humans.

[Charlespg]

http://www.myspace.com/taylormitchellband

[The Comedian]

Unless you're a roadrunner, you have no chance.

[maine-iac7]

hmmm - she was attacked Tuesday afternoon and died the following day because she had lost too much blood?

She was in the hospital all that time and then died from blood loss?

[GingisK]

I wonder if she tried to scratch their ears.

[paul51]

Never go into the woods unarmed where there may be animals that can eat you. If it means breakingt the law, so be it. Of course, in Canada, just procuring a firearm to defend yourself with is a whole other thing.

[Liberty Valance]

This is sad. A promising young talent. Rest in peace Taylor Mitchell.