Citizen complaint of the day: Pursued by a snarling hellbeast across the desolate plains of Lower Allston at midnight

By adamg on Sat, 04/10/2021 - 11:18am

A concerned citizen who likes walking his or her dog in Harvard's holdings off Western Avenue filed a 311 report about a coyote that chased them shortly after midnight:

Coyote, possibly/likely with rabies? Just walked my dog through here and was pursued by a snarling coyote. I have a big husky like dog, and that didn't scare off the coyote. It chased me down from the Harvard parking lot to hopedale. Got 8-9 feet away at one point. I've called Harvard before, but something is definitely wrong with this coyote to chase a human and dog down.

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Comments

Odd place

By Kaz on Sat, 04/10/2021 - 12:41pm.

I guess he might have followed the river there, but that's an odd place for a coyote to have made it to as well.

Made it to?

By Wile E. on Sat, 04/10/2021 - 1:21pm.

We’re Worldwide!

Which supports the hypothesis

By Notfromboston on Sat, 04/10/2021 - 1:21pm.

Which supports the hypothesis that it was rabid.

Not likely

By anon on Sat, 04/10/2021 - 5:28pm.

Rabid animals don't stalk.

Perhaps you should read about animal behavior somewhere rather than assume all animals are rabid. Because that's rare and you sound like a fool.

There are coyotes along the river

By Tim Mc. on Sun, 04/11/2021 - 10:01am.

and we've seen tracks near the stadium. (There was actually a recent photo on UHub of one in the nearby soccer field.) So I don't think this is particularly far off the beaten track for a coyote. They adapt well to urban environments.

But this doesn't sound like normal behavior for one, even if the location isn't unusual.