Neighbor Vinna wrote with a warning:
“On Tuesday, Nov 20th around 1:30 a.m. I was driving home and on the corner of College and 21st Ave South I believe I saw a coyote. It was dark and I was able to take a picture. The next day I learned that my neighbor of four cats was missing one and found another half eaten.
“I want my fellow neighbors to be aware and thought this might be the best way in case others had pets that may be outside.”
Coyote sightings were also the subject of some discussion on the Beacon Hill mailing list this week, where neighbor Waldene wrote:
Around 9:30 pm Monday evening a coyote was on the SE corner of 12th and I believe Lee Street right across from PacMed. He acted like a scared, lost dog. I didn’t know what to do so I pulled up next to him/her and blew my horn. I was hoping to scare it back into Lewis Park but instead it ran across 12th. It looked confused.
Coyote sightings aren’t unusual on Beacon Hill. We also see raccoons and possums visiting our yards sometimes. Please keep your pets safe.
One morning this past August, about 5am (it was dawn), I took my 5 pound dog out front to pee. I was just about to set him down went I looked to the street and saw a coyote trotting down the middle of the road.
I live on 16th Ave South between Spokane and Hinds.
(I snatched my dog back up and all was well)
I once saw two coyotes trotting down the middle of 17th Ave S. (near S. Walker) as if they owned the whole darned road.
Looks way too fat to be a Coyote. Probaby was just somebodies scared dog on a walkabout.