Crime & Safety
NH Father Kills Coyote With Bare Hands
The coyote is thought to be one that bit a woman and her two dogs in Kensington
EXETER, N.H. — With no work or school Monday, the O’Reillys brought their three kids to Jude’s Pond in Exeter for a family hike. It ended when Ian O’Reilly wound up in a life-or-death struggle with a coyote that was very likely rabid.
With coyote bites on his arm and chest, O’Reilly said he had no choice but to fight.
“There was no running away, it would not allow us to run away,” O’Reilly said. “It was very much the aggressor.”
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Authorities believe it was the coyote first reported when it went after someone’s moving car in Hampton Falls Monday morning. Shortly before, it bit a woman and her two dogs at the backdoor of a nearby home in Kensington.
