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GLENVIEW, Ill. (STMW) — Responding to an emergency call early Monday, police found a barefoot woman in pajamas screaming frantically that her dog was snatched away by a coyote in her north suburban neighborhood.
“She was screaming and tried to get the coyote to drop her dog, which was a Yorkshire terrier,” said Glenview police Sgt. David Sostak. “The coyote ran west with the Yorkie.”
The incident occurred in single-digit temperatures about 6:25 a.m. near Roosevelt Avenue and Pinehurst Drive, Pioneer Press is reporting.
Glenview resident Karl Hanson said he was walking on Fir Street near Roosevelt Pool Park to the Metra station when he heard a woman yelling and a dog barking in the distance.
He approached the woman, who said she lived about three blocks away on the 2000 block of Pinehurst Drive, but the dog was gone.
“We were looking for her dog when I saw a coyote run by without a dog in its mouth, but I didn’t tell her that. She was too upset,” said Hanson, a structural engineer heading to work in Chicago.
“I’m not sure if the barking dog belonged to her, but some dog nearby had sensed or had seen something was wrong and was going crazy.”
According to Hanson, the woman had let the dog out in her backyard when the coyote attacked.
“This is really horrible and shocking. I saw a coyote in the parking lot of Roosevelt Park last week,” he added.
Hanson said the coyote was about 2 feet tall. Yorkshires typically weigh up to 7 pounds.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2013. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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