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A Man’s Story Of A Terrifying Encounter With A Coyote

The coyote was rushed to the Chicago Animal Care and Control facility at 2741 S. Western Ave. and then picked up by Flint Creek Wildlife.

ORLAND PARK, IL (CBS) — A coyote fell into Lake Michigan near Monroe Harbor and had to be rescued Tuesday afternoon. The coyote was rushed to the Chicago Animal Care and Control facility at 2741 S. Western Ave. and then picked up by Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation – becoming the first to be taken out of the city in more than a year.

But as CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli reported Tuesday night, with thousands of the animals living in the city, close encounters of the coyote kind are becoming all too common.

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