Man suffers injuries while fighting off 3 attacking coyotes (Colorado)

[k0ua]

I wonder what he did to accidentally provoke the coyotes? Feed them?

Later,
Dan

Sucking air and being there?.. I think they looked at him as breakfast.

 

[MossRoad]

So lets get this straight. A guy is walking to work because his car broke down a few weeks ago (shows integrity) in the dark through an apartment complex in a populated area and gets attacked by three coyotes, mauled pretty badly, and you guys call him a moron. Even if he was armed on his way to work he'd probably get fired when he got there because most companies have a no firearms/knives on company property policy. Some states allow you to keep your firearm locked in your car at your employer's parking lot, but he didn't have a car, now did he? I really wonder how many of you could draw and fire with three coyotes chewing your limbs in the dark. Or would you just start blasting away in an apartment complex at the first strange noise you heard? Good grief fellas, think about what you say before you say it.

 

[brin]

"he thought he might have accidentally provoked them" and did not want the coyote's put down. As Bugs Bunny would say "what a maroon" Not only did he not have a gun, he did not even have a knife..What flavor of moron walks the road at night without a good knife?... I do not understand that kind of behavior. And I have to ask, this, how in the heck do they know they killed 2 of the coyotes that attacked him? Just because they were in the area? Did they check their Id's? Clothing description of the coyotes? Give me a break.. the whole story is typical of news stories. Full of sensationalism, and liberal crap. yeah, yeah, I know, I am an old curmudgeon with a bad attitude, but at least I have a knife at all times, and and a nice handgun on me most of the time.

James K0UA

James, Take a look at the knife I just bought....I bet this would have come in handy for the guy....see what you think,,,You might want to take a look at the knives etc. these folks have for sale...we have ordered by mail but also stop in their huge store when we visit the Smokey Mountains each year....

Bench Mark® Wise Guy Stiletto Big Joey

 

[troutsqueezer]

Knife? I don't no need knife. I can take three coyotes with my bare hands. I can rip them scrawny legs off one-by-one if they get close enough. :dance1:

 

[TripleR]

Somewhat surprising, we have lots of coyotes in my area and rarely see them.

 

[brin]

Knife? I don't no need knife. I can take three coyotes with my bare hands. I can rip them scrawny legs off one-by-one if they get close enough. :dance1:

Dennis ...You probably developed your forearm muscles squeezing all those trout....and now you are a coyote squeezer...too :thumbsup:

 

[charlz]

Somewhat surprising, we have lots of coyotes in my area and rarely see them.

Probably because they get hunted just like they do here. A 'yote will vanish as soon as it becomes aware a human is nearby. Being in a populated area these coyotes probably had no fear of people and were used to them. Pretty big step attacking a human though. Wonder if they were raiding the garbage or the local cat population and he surprised/'cornered' them?

 

[jerrybob]

I wonder what he did to accidentally provoke the coyotes? Feed them?

Later,
Dan

Wearing a pork chop around your neck will do it!:laughing:

 

[k0ua]

Probably because they get hunted just like they do here. A 'yote will vanish as soon as it becomes aware a human is nearby. Being in a populated area these coyotes probably had no fear of people and were used to them. Pretty big step attacking a human though. Wonder if they were raiding the garbage or the local cat population and he surprised/'cornered' them?

Same here yotes run when they see people because they are used to being shot at. I realize the guy probably could not carry a gun to work, but where in heck was his knife? I have never worked at any place that did not allow you to carry a knife.. Maybe it is different in Colorado. It might have made a funny video, but I would have cut the "heck out of those 'yotes if they were close enough to bite your arms, neck and face. I guess what set me off, was the stupid comment he did not want them put down because "he might have accidentally provoked them" The way I got it he was walking to work, how in the "heck" did he "accidentally provoke them". Coyotes that are not afraid of people and attack them NEED to be killed, period. Troutsqueezer, maybe YOU can kill 'yotes with your bare hands, but I prefer something with a little more steel in it.

James K0UA

 

[oosik]

It IS very unusual that coyotes would attack an individual. I certainly hope a qualified individual from the Wildlife agency or Health dept followed up on this case. Coyotes are known carriers of rabies.