A man recently saw a strange looking critter in the East York area, and he took some pictures and shared them with us.
We, in turn, contacted the state Game Commission to see if they could determine what it is. Unfortunately, they were not sure based solely on the photo, which was small.
The man wondered if it might be a coyote. Jerry Feaser, a spokesman for the Game Commission, said he wouldn’t be surprised. They are found from Erie to Philadelphia and have adapted well to urban, suburban sprawl.
If you spot a wild animal hanging out in your neighborhood, you need to figure out why. It goes where the food is. Once the food source is cleaned up, the animal will move on.
Coyotes “will take advantage of small dogs and cats,” he added.
People should enjoy wildlife from a distance, Feaser advised.
dogs and coyotes do not have long narrow tails , also the body is feline , not canine ! I know what it looks like , and I`ve seen at least six of them in the past 45 years , all here in pa ! and yet the pa. game dept swears there has`nt been a wild one seen in pa. in over 150 years !
Think they could have gotten a smaller picture, it’s taking up a full 1″ square of my screen. Judging by the size shown here, I guess it could be an Amoeba.
At one time a fairly short time ago didnt the game commission say there were no coyotes in PA? Something like the Elk population a time back!
Maybe people could identify it a lot easier if the picture wasn’t 1 inch by 1 inch on their screen!!
Would help if the picture was bigger than 77 pixels… yeesh.