Our son, when he was 5 years old, would hear them in bed at night and said the Ky Tee Oh’s were scaring him. Everything scared him at 5. Poor kid. Kyteeohs, love that word.
I heard on Seattle Now podcast recently that Kyteeohs do not eat cateohs and this is borne out by scat analysis. Cat eating coyotes are urban myth. I suspect they talked to same person you mentioned in article.
That being said, we did find 1/2 a cat in our Newcastle backyard once. Vet said it was likely racoon. It was truely 1/2 cat, front half, looking like it had been put through a band saw. Creeped me out for a while. Maybe that’s why we live in a secure hirise condo downtown now.
Sadly, cat eating coyotes are not an urban myth. I thought the same thing until my cat was killed and eaten by a pair of coyotes in my backyard. The horrific scene was all caught on my trailcam. Scat analysis surely hasn’t been done for every urban coyote and unfortunately cats are definitely on the menu for some. She was a large cat too, over 20 lbs.
Thanks for this welcoming and kind perspective about the wild ones in our urban midsts!
Here in the foggy City by the Bay, Janet Kessler gives regular updates through her IG @coyoteyipps about the coyote individuals, families, and their lives in SF. Her website is https://coyotecoexistence.com/. She is very compassionately educating and raising awareness of these amazingly adaptable creatures!
Wish I would have read this last week...to have myth busting info close at hand.
On an otherwise peaceful morning on Magnolia Bluff last Friday, a clearly upset woman could be heard for 20 minutes, walking behind us and stopping everyone in their tracks: “Be careful! A coyote just ran in front of me!”
Lucky you, I thought. Instead I wish I could have told her to watch out for the dogs.
Lovely essay and completely agree. Coyotes in our midst give us hope! And they are quite mystical too.
Our son, when he was 5 years old, would hear them in bed at night and said the Ky Tee Oh’s were scaring him. Everything scared him at 5. Poor kid. Kyteeohs, love that word.
I heard on Seattle Now podcast recently that Kyteeohs do not eat cateohs and this is borne out by scat analysis. Cat eating coyotes are urban myth. I suspect they talked to same person you mentioned in article.
That being said, we did find 1/2 a cat in our Newcastle backyard once. Vet said it was likely racoon. It was truely 1/2 cat, front half, looking like it had been put through a band saw. Creeped me out for a while. Maybe that’s why we live in a secure hirise condo downtown now.
Sadly, cat eating coyotes are not an urban myth. I thought the same thing until my cat was killed and eaten by a pair of coyotes in my backyard. The horrific scene was all caught on my trailcam. Scat analysis surely hasn’t been done for every urban coyote and unfortunately cats are definitely on the menu for some. She was a large cat too, over 20 lbs.
Kellie, I am sorry to hear of your cat. Thanks for sharing your story. David
Thanks for this welcoming and kind perspective about the wild ones in our urban midsts!
Here in the foggy City by the Bay, Janet Kessler gives regular updates through her IG @coyoteyipps about the coyote individuals, families, and their lives in SF. Her website is https://coyotecoexistence.com/. She is very compassionately educating and raising awareness of these amazingly adaptable creatures!
Wish I would have read this last week...to have myth busting info close at hand.
On an otherwise peaceful morning on Magnolia Bluff last Friday, a clearly upset woman could be heard for 20 minutes, walking behind us and stopping everyone in their tracks: “Be careful! A coyote just ran in front of me!”
Lucky you, I thought. Instead I wish I could have told her to watch out for the dogs.