Cecilia Clark is taking matters into her own hands after finding a pair of coyotes curled up in her backyard.
The Arlington mom has turned to Amazon to help keep coyotes away from her home after finding two of them sleeping on her back patio furniture.
Curled up and comfortable, the coyotes gave Clark a close encounter she says was enough.
“I was like, oh, my God! Those aren’t dogs. Those are coyotes because I’ve seen them before,” Clark said.
Clark says she sees coyotes near her home every day now. She has turned to Amazon for a possible solution: solar-powered, motion-sensor pest repellents.
“It’s automatic, so you see as we came this way, that little noise came, and you’ll notice it here, too,” Clark said.
She is also reinforcing her fence, worried the animals could get too close to her 6-month-old baby boy.
Just last year, coyotes bit three children at Parkway Central Park in north Arlington.
“I imagine they’re just looking for food or something because they’re very skinny, that is for sure, you can, I can see where they’re very hungry,” Rick Stein said.
Stein says he has seen coyotes in the area for more than 12 years.
The city of Arlington says it is not unusual for residents to spot coyotes, foxes, skunks, raccoons, and even feral hogs roaming their neighborhoods.
Officials encourage residents to make their property less attractive to wildlife by securing trash and not leaving pet food outside.
“I feel like they’re becoming more comfortable,” Clark said.
For this mom, one coyote is too many, and she hopes the pair won’t set foot on her property again.