Originally Posted by AllieP
So I am really wondering...did I do the right thing by high-tailing it out of there? I really don't know if my adrenaline was making me over-react to the coyote or what. I was just so shocked that this animal did not run away from me or try to hide. It seemed so interested and curious as to what I was going to do. But when it did start following me I was really scared for a few minutes considering I was completely alone on this path and all I had to protect me was a cell phone. This sounds so naive but do coyotes chase people or attack them? I have seen so many snakes along this same path and even ran over one last summer. I once saw a water moccasin crossing this path that was ENORMOUS. But still I knew the snakes just want to get away from me. The coyote - I'm not so sure about. Should I be worried about encountering one there again?
Yeah, you did the right thing, it could have had rabies. Sick predatory animals have been known to attack humans out of deparation, remember the cougar attacks in California on some mountan bikers a couple years ago? Even a defensive bite would require painful rabies vaccination shots.