Coney Coyotes... Can You Dig Iiiiiiiit!!!??

The crafty coyote that has led New York's plumpest on a three-day game of hide-and-seek through Central Park was finally nailed by The Man today. Via NY1, where there's also a video of the tenacious blighter from which I screengrabbed the pic.

"It's proved to be an elusive animal,” said Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. “Last night it hopped over this fence, and that's an 8-foot-tall fence. It's also quite adaptable. It came down through Manhattan streets to get here.
"We’re not sure how it got here but it had to be a very adventurous coyote to come across a railroad bridge, swim across the Spuyten Duyvil and negotiate city streets to get to Central Park,” said Benepe. “Remember Manhattan is an island. It's completely separated from the mainland and for a coyote to get to Midtown, it has to be a very adventurous coyote and this was a young, not very mature and very curious coyote."

Hal, for that is his name... Our thoughts are with you, our brave canine-ish friend. Especially Ninja-ko's, who was impressed with your evasionary tactics. (And he is in the pic that links to - gotta find him. He's a ninja, he hides.)

I'm reminded of The Warriors. A young blood finds himself cut off from his crew after a risky journey into the city to attend a critter peace gathering turns ugly ["Shit! The chicks are packed! The chicks are packed!"*]. He was just trying to avoid getting wrecked on the way back to his turf. Which could have been Coney Island, for all we know. Maybe he's one of the Coney Coyotes. And one can only hope that this morning he just decided, "I'm sick of runnin' from these wimps! I'll shove that bat up your ass and turn you into a popsicle."*

* Genuine Warriors quotes, dig it.