That must have been ancient history then. Alternate history:
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Except she’s not the only one who works there.
Dr enters:
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People have lost chickens & cats to coyotes over the years here.
Our ducks have not been killed by coyotes – alas, they’ve been killed by raccoons & foxes (so far).
Some quotes:
NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - Are coyotes getting too close for comfort?
The question is a timely one in light of the fact that two residents of nearby North Salem recently had a scary encounter with one of the North American canines.
One of the women was bitten – and her walking companion nearly was – by what was probably a rabid coyote. It fled after the attack and was never found. Infected mammals usually die within a week to 10 days of becoming sick.
…
KEYS TO COEXISTENCEThe big one?
Don’t feed coyotes, intentionally or unintentionally.
THANKS FOR THE TIP
This is technically Florida bear, not Florida man…
Obligatory Simpsons vid:
I know her!
Her mother taught my kids in CCD! Yay Katie!
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Is this out in the rich part of town??? Looks like they’re throwing all sorts of resources at this!!!
It’s near the horse farms so… yes. Kind of.
This area is very wooded, and more to the point, New York City probably doesn’t want a dead horse rotting into its water source.
I can’t remember if I mentioned my town was in Ancient Aliens
North Salem, NY is a picturesque town in Westchester County, NY. The East town line is the border of Connecticut, and the North town line is the border of Putnam County.
Just off to the side of Titicus Road in North Salem is a rock that weighs an estimated 60 tons. The Giant chunk of granite is called Balanced Rock and some believe it’s responsible for a rash of UFO sightings in the 1980s.
In the 1980s, there were more than 5,000 reported UFO sightings in the Hudson Valley Region of NY and the border towns and cities of CT. Ancient Alien theorists believe that Balanced Rock created an energy or a vortex that drew them in.
Another theory is that these rocks were left like this after glaciers left.
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Cybernetic wallabies, rabid bats, headless deer, Richard Gere - I dunno, sounds like there’s a weeeeeeeeeird energy at work!!! 
there’s nothing special about rabid animals in Westchester.
Can Richard Gere account for his whereabouts during the time period in question???
More than 100 cats … WTH?
all I can say is… ew
My crazy house or
the great flying squirrel adventure (of this morning)
Within - how we chased a flying squirrel around the house, starting at 5am
[just going to copy the text of my tweets, starting here: https://twitter.com/meepbobeep/status/1630518091212890112]
Ugh a squirrel in the house
it’s in my library
Great
Talking with the one other person in the house who is awake (middle child… it had been in her room first… and it’s a flying squirrel…we get these)
Trying to come up with a strategy
We now have brooms
We’re playing squirrel hockey
It helps we’ve all had a complete course of rabies shots
Resolution!
We attempted brooms & a shoebox, but our strategizing was in vain.
The damn flying squirrel got itself stuck in one of our giant recycling bins, which we had emptied yesterday, so it had jumped in and couldn’t jump out
We dumped it outside and it ran away
We have a couple of those tall, blue bins that offices usually have for recycling paper (we have a lot of paper/cardboard) in our kitchen.
It must have climbed on Stu’s desk and jumped for the sky… and plopped on a few sad Amazon boxes & couldn’t get out
I will pick up the cardboard in the yard later. I just had Siobhan tip everything into the backyard, right out of the door [it snowed last night and school is canceled… I will need Miss S & her older sibling to shovel later]
Siobhan told me the squirrel kept her up since 11pm, so she’s going back to bed, which is fair.
I will not make her (and older sibling Chase) to shovel till about 11am as it is… though Stu may have other ideas
It’s one of those cute-looking flying ones…. Which means it climbs to the top of your curtains and jumps on your head
They’re still rodents
This is delaying my coffee and wordle dammit
This was the perp:
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so people in my area are going a bit nuts over this one
So I guess I can’t really complain about not being allowed to hunt coyotes around here, but seriously, I can tell coyotes from dogs. Even if this idiot couldn’t. Supposedly.