More than a half-century ago, it was a rare occurrence when a coyote was spotted in Randolph. But, in the 1970s, the wild animals started showing up in town.
Family encounters coyote, calls for help while hiking Share Updated: 7:42 PM EDT May 20, 2021 Share Updated: 7:42 PM EDT May 20, 2021
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Show Transcript ANIMAL, AND JOHN ATWATER IS IN HOLBROOK THE WARNING FROM POLICE. JOHN: THEY WERE HIKING WITH THEIR KIDS OUT IN THE WOODS WHEN THEY SPITE SPOTTED THE COYOTE. THEY SAID THEY WERE TRAPPED SO THEY CALLED POLICE AND WE WILL SHOW YOU THE PHOTO OF THE RESPONDING OFFICER COMING TO THE WOODS TO RESCUE THAT FAMILY. THEY HAD BEEN TRAPPED FOR 45 MINUTES OUT HERE AND OFFICERS USED THERMAL IMAGING DRONE TO PINPOINT THEIR LOCATION SO THEY COULD COME RESCUE THEM. CATHERINE WAS HIKING WITH HER SIX AND EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTERS WHEN SHE SAID THE COYOTE STARTED STARING THEM DOWN. I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE TRYING TO GET PAST IT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, YOU DON’T KNOW IF IT IS SICK OR IF IT IS A PROTECTIVE MOM. SHE IS KIND OF SNACK SIZED. THAT COYOTE WAS NOT UP FOR A SNACK TODAY. ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS
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 .
Family rescued from Holbrook Town Forest after being trapped by coyote
Police deployed a drone equipped with a thermal imaging camera to confirm their location before escorting them out. May 21, 2021 | 9:15 AM
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A woman and her two children were rescued after they became trapped in the Holbrook Town Forest by a large coyote Thursday morning, Holbrook police said.
They were on a walking trail about a mile into the forest at about 11:40 a.m. when the woman called the department of public works to report that they were trapped by the coyote, Holbrook police and the town’s emergency communications center said in a joint press release.
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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.