EVERETT, MASS. (WHDH) - Officials are warning the public to be on the lookout for coyotes after one was caught on video Tuesday playing with a toy ball in a yard in Everett.
The coyote has been “making itself very comfortable” in the area of Russell Street in recent days,” according to Everett Animal Control.
Everett Animal Control shared a video of the coyote on Facebook, with a caption that read, “This video is not a dog – it’s an actual coyote having some playtime fun this morning.”
Officials say the coyote lives in a den at the nearby Woodlawn Cemetery on Elm Street.
Residents are being urged to keep their cats indoors and to keep their dogs on a leash.
“This video may look cute but coyotes are still wild animals,” animal control warned.
Shannon Stoddard, who took a video of the coyote from her kitchen window, says the animal is a regular visitor.
“Every day. Every day he’s out there,” she said. “I think they’re becoming more immune to us. They’re coming out in the daytime and we’ve never seen them in the daytime.”
Stoddard says the coyote comes from the cemetery behind her house, sneaking in through a hole in the fence. Neighbors calling animal control after attempts to frighten him didn’t work.
“He could probably be out there right now,” Stoddard said. “We all just run in the house when we see him, like, ‘bye.'”
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