At first I wasn't at all sure this was for real. So I sat on it a couple weeks.
I'd forgotten about the whole thing which happened a couple weeks ago until I got an email from someone who works on urban coyote issues in the Boulder/Denver area.
The man was walking to work around 5 a.m. on North 73 St. when he heard a sound in the grass close to him. When he turned with his flashlight, three coyotes ran at the man and proceeded to attack him, jumping, scratching and biting at him for about 70 yards as fought back. He was brought to Longmont United Hospital for treatment and released later that day.
Two coyotes were removed at the immediate location of the attack on Monday (10/14) and Tuesday (10/15). The third was taken within the vicinity on Wednesday (10/16). Officials observed and tracked two distinct groups of coyotes in the area, this group of three and a group of four around ¼ mile west of the first group.
All three animals tested negative for rabies. Other details on the necropsied animals are as follows:
--#1 coyote was an adult female, no placental scars (had not dropped pups), good body condition, large rodent (possibly prairie dog) in stomach.
--#2 coyote was an adult female, placental scars for 3 pups, good body condition, large bird in stomach.
--#3 coyote was an adult male, good body condition, feathers, 2 mice and thick skin probably from domestic dog or cat in stomach.
She went on to talk about people feeding coyotes and how people should haze them at every opportunity. Yup, if you see a coyote chuck a rock at it.
Coyotes here are pretty small, and bites are very rare but becoming more common. The guy who got bit had an interesting comment. He said it was better that they attacked him than some kid. Coyotes often kill raccoons, and sometimes if given enough time they can harass a deer until it tires then kill it.
http://denver.cbslocal.com/...
This happened over in Niwot across the diagonal from IBM, at about 75th St.