When we first moved to Campbell County in January of 1985, the AA Hwy didn't exist. I don't remember exactly what year it was completed, but I know I would sometimes take the back way when I worked at Kahn's, so it had to be after 1988.
Well...the first time I saw a coyote standing on the side of the Highway, I kind of freaked out. Think about where I grew up...Villa Hills - the 'burbs. Considering the fact that our subdivision was an old farm - and I spent the majority of my childhood playing in the woods - there wasn't all that much fauna to be seen. Heck, I had never even seen a wild turkey until I was pregnant with Mara. Now you see whole flocks of them standing on the side of the road!
I digress. After I saw my first coyote, I looked up their statistics in an encyclopedia (this was B.G. - Before Google) and it stated that their average weight was 25lbs. Okay, the one I saw that long ago day was probably close to 25lbs. He had pretty spindly legs and was really skinny and mangy looking. But nowadays? These guys are all over...and I mean ALL over. I had a problem with them at my house - eating my cats - but I lived in a semi-rural area. Now? We live in downtown Cold Spring. Pappy told me to look out my bedroom window the other morning...and I saw THIS bad-boy...
Yeah...he looks a smidgey more than 25lbs. And he looks young. Pappy has been carrying his walking stick now when he and Penny are out for their walk. Maybe he needs a taser.
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