Post by wildman on Jun 29, 2010 10:42:46 GMT -5
First the one in NY, with two yotes, and now this one.
Apparently Carolina Coyotes understand they are likely to be shot if they attack a young girl here.
SPRING Valley, Calif. -- A 12-year-old Spring Valley girl said she’s afraid to go outside after she was attacked by a coyote.
The girl said she was not bitten, but as coyote sightings become more frequent, many in the community are concerned.
Alyssa Blackman, 12, said she was face-to-face with a
coyote on Sunday evening.
“I heard clacking behind me like a dog, like a dogs nails on the floor,” she said. “I turned around and saw it just standing there staring at me.”
She was in the small courtyard area of her Spring Valley apartment complex on Jamacha Road.
“I took a step back, but then it jumped on me,” she said. “It looked like he was about to bite me so I kicked it in the stomach and it just left.”
“I heard was here just coming in the house, screaming hysterically, crying,” said Alma Blackman, Alyssa’s mother. “I was just very worried.”
While the animal never bit Alyssa, she said she is still sore from the fall.
“I hurt my elbow because I fell really hard,” she said.
Alyssa was wearing an extra shirt underneath, so she did not get scratched under her skin.
Fish and game officials searched for the coyote but did not find it. They are now considering whether to put out traps.
10News learned the hills near the apartment complex are home to many coyotes. The so-called urban coyote is known for adapting to a variety of environments.
However, attacks are rate with only 48 on record in California during a five-year period and two fatalities in North America since 1981.
In Spring Valley, the encounters are too close for comfort.
“A lot of us are thinking it’s because of the construction in the Otay area, [because] it’s pushing the coyotes back this way more,” said Neil Blackman, Alyssa’s uncle. “They’re starting to roam around here looking for food.”
Alyssa said she saw a coyote in the apartment complex the night before her encounter and she was sure it was a coyote, not a stray dog.
“It was like that and it had a really long mouth and face,” she said. “It was like up to my leg to my knees.”
According to the San Diego Fish and Game Department, residents should make there are no food sources for coyotes. The manager of Blackman’s apartment complex is going around and making sure trash areas are secure.
Apparently Carolina Coyotes understand they are likely to be shot if they attack a young girl here.
SPRING Valley, Calif. -- A 12-year-old Spring Valley girl said she’s afraid to go outside after she was attacked by a coyote.
The girl said she was not bitten, but as coyote sightings become more frequent, many in the community are concerned.
Alyssa Blackman, 12, said she was face-to-face with a
coyote on Sunday evening.
“I heard clacking behind me like a dog, like a dogs nails on the floor,” she said. “I turned around and saw it just standing there staring at me.”
She was in the small courtyard area of her Spring Valley apartment complex on Jamacha Road.
“I took a step back, but then it jumped on me,” she said. “It looked like he was about to bite me so I kicked it in the stomach and it just left.”
“I heard was here just coming in the house, screaming hysterically, crying,” said Alma Blackman, Alyssa’s mother. “I was just very worried.”
While the animal never bit Alyssa, she said she is still sore from the fall.
“I hurt my elbow because I fell really hard,” she said.
Alyssa was wearing an extra shirt underneath, so she did not get scratched under her skin.
Fish and game officials searched for the coyote but did not find it. They are now considering whether to put out traps.
10News learned the hills near the apartment complex are home to many coyotes. The so-called urban coyote is known for adapting to a variety of environments.
However, attacks are rate with only 48 on record in California during a five-year period and two fatalities in North America since 1981.
In Spring Valley, the encounters are too close for comfort.
“A lot of us are thinking it’s because of the construction in the Otay area, [because] it’s pushing the coyotes back this way more,” said Neil Blackman, Alyssa’s uncle. “They’re starting to roam around here looking for food.”
Alyssa said she saw a coyote in the apartment complex the night before her encounter and she was sure it was a coyote, not a stray dog.
“It was like that and it had a really long mouth and face,” she said. “It was like up to my leg to my knees.”
According to the San Diego Fish and Game Department, residents should make there are no food sources for coyotes. The manager of Blackman’s apartment complex is going around and making sure trash areas are secure.