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

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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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.

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We’re Worldwide!

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Which supports the hypothesis that it was rabid.

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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.

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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.

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Maybe it wandered off from the University of South Dakota and ended up at Harvard.

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Who's going to check its fur for a toll transponder?

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If it's rabid you and your dog are lucky it didn't attack. We"ve seen what rabid foxes can do. Can you imagine what a rabid coyote could do?

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This sounds like 911 material.

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they make that model out of coyote.

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n/t

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Growling and stalking doesn't sound like rabies....

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