A close call involving a coyote was caught on camera in California earlier this week.
Coyotes aren’t uncommon in Southern California. However, they tend to keep their distance from humans, even though there’s a lot of overlap in coyote and human territory in the Pasadena area. But as this video below shows, this particular wild animal was the exception.
A parent’s worst nightmare played out just outside of a Pasadena home on Monday. Aida Svelto was outside with her 3-year-old son, Salvo Bessemer, when a coyote lurking close by started to chase down the toddler. As the mother explained to ABC 7, it was all very normal and ordinary until it wasn’t:…