It’s a parent’s nightmare: taking a leisurely hike with one’s family, only to come across a menacing animal moments into the walk. That’s what a mother experienced while walking with her two children in Holbrook Town Forest on Thursday. Roughly a mile into the hike around 11:40 a.m., they encountered a large coyote and were trapped on the trail, authorities said. The family called first .
FROM NEWS REPORTS
Holbrook first responders rescued a mother and two children who were trapped by a large coyote in the Holbrook Town Forest on Thursday, May 20.
At approximately 11:40 a.m., the Holbrook Department of Public Works received a call from a woman who was walking with her two children in the forest when she was trapped on a walking trail about a mile out by a coyote, according to Holbrook Police Chief William Smith and Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center Director Stephan Hooke.
The Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center initiated a call with the mother minutes later, confirming that she was still with her two children and that the coyote was pacing back and forth for some time nearby.