If you are a grown adult, coyotes aren't that dangerous or scary.
They aren't very big. They will attack small pets and children that are alone, but they typically leave adult humans alone.
I used to go for six mile walks in the High Desert for exercise. I routinely ran into coyotes. They never bothered me.
I did tell my children to not go out alone at night. There had been two or three attacks on children in the previous five years.
I have a dog phobia due to things that happened when I was about four years old. I'm not similarly afraid of coyotes.
Of course, I wouldn't want to run into a large pack in the dark either. They can and will take down deer as a pack and did so sometimes within earshot of my tent when I was homeless.
So, I mean, don't be stupidly cavalier, but lone coyotes are known to not be particularly dangerous to adult humans.
They aren't very big. They will attack small pets and children that are alone, but they typically leave adult humans alone.
I used to go for six mile walks in the High Desert for exercise. I routinely ran into coyotes. They never bothered me.
I did tell my children to not go out alone at night. There had been two or three attacks on children in the previous five years.
I have a dog phobia due to things that happened when I was about four years old. I'm not similarly afraid of coyotes.
Of course, I wouldn't want to run into a large pack in the dark either. They can and will take down deer as a pack and did so sometimes within earshot of my tent when I was homeless.
So, I mean, don't be stupidly cavalier, but lone coyotes are known to not be particularly dangerous to adult humans.