NJ: Hiker climbs tree to escape coyotes, gets stuck for 5 hrs – IOTW Report

NJ: Hiker climbs tree to escape coyotes, gets stuck for 5 hrs

App.com– MANCHESTER – April Lewis’ walk in the woods took a harrowing turn late Sunday night.

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The Quakertown woman, who was staying at America’s Keswick, thought she spotted coyotes in the distance. She didn’t have her cellphone.

Lewis climbed a tree, slicing off a piece of her pants to tie herself to it.

The moment passed, and Lewis was safe from coyotes. But she faced a new hurdle: getting down from the tree.

 

19 Comments on NJ: Hiker climbs tree to escape coyotes, gets stuck for 5 hrs

  1. Feral dogs and even packs of loose pets
    can be dangerous. Father in law had his County
    Road crew have to shovel beat a pack of big tagged
    pets off a man bicyclist that they took down.
    And that was in a wealthy, wooded
    suburb. If you go into the woods unarmed;
    you are asking for trouble.

  2. ” She didn’t have her cellphone.”

    Ahhhh, damn. If she’d only had that.

    She could have been the avenging angel and kicked the guts out of a few mongrel dogs.
    But alas.

    Fucking sheep.

  3. We have a couple of packs of urbanized coyotes here that roam our neighborhoods year round. People put all kinds of pet food outside in good weather, so our local ‘yotes are very well fed this time of year. In the winter when the pet food goes away, they hunt housepets instead, cats in particular. Coyotes eat the bones too, so there is usually nothing left to find once kitty goes missing.

    They have been here since right after the Great Missoula Flood and will remain long after I am gone…

  4. That’s another good reason to Always Be Carrying
    When I walk in my woods; 200 acres, I carry a .45 or 44 magnum.
    There are bears and big cats and an occasional trespasser.
    I also have 2 K9 with me, they like to go for a walk.

  5. A once-a-year customer called me and told me his cat was eaten in his front yard.

    He lives in the middle of Dallas. Nowhere near the open country. It was a coyote.

    They are running out of “country” and making the best of their situation.

    Most people think they are some kind of skinny Shepard mix when they lay eyes on one for the first time.

    The last ones I spotted in the city were just standing there checking out things at dusk. I did a double take and cracked a grin as I passed them by.

  6. So she would rather die in a tree than get a broken ankle?

    Not so sure she’s worth saving.

    According to this story, her brain seems a little short on neurons

    What other avoidable problems does she give society?

    She’s a negative contributor, so far.

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