Invasion of the doggy snatchers? Uptick in area coyote sightings has residents nervous

An animal known for eating domestic pets has arrived in Albemarle, and reports from around the country suggest it's moving up the food chain.

A Minnesota woman watched helplessly last month as coyotes killed Callie, her miniature Pinscher, in her backyard. That same week in Broomfield, Colorado, Amy Archibald let her four tiny Papillons out in her backyard. Thirty seconds later, one named Ollie was gone.

In early March, a farmer in Winston-Salem claims his cow was killed and eaten by a coyote. And in Colorado, a state no stranger to coyotes, five attacks on people were reported over the winter in the Denver metropolitan area. 

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