Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Coyote visits Quizno's in Chicago

CHICAGO, April 4 (UPI) -- Customers and employees at a sandwich shop in downtown Chicago were surprised by a docile coyote that wandered into the store through a propped-open door.


Quiznos shop manager Bina Patel said customers quietly evacuated the restaurant and Animal Care and Control officials picked up the year-old animal about an hour after it arrived in the store Tuesday, The Chicago Tribune reported.

"It was kind of like a medium-sized dog," Patel said. "At first, we thought it was a dog. We don't get dogs walking in but it's more believable than a coyote." Animal control officials said the coyote, which did not eat anything or harm anyone at the shop, may have been attracted by the smell of small rodents, rabbits or trash, the Tribune said.

Anne Kent, director of Animal Care and Control, told the newspaper an average of 10 to 15 coyotes is captured each year in Chicago. Most are found during April and May when the animals are most active.

My question is: WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE SMALL RODENTS AND RABBITS DOING AT QUIZNO'S?
Michelle's question is: How is it that nobody noticed this coyote any step along its way into the quizno's beverage cooler... walking itself down Wabash... waiting its turn at the door to Quizno's... ??
WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION?

1 comment:

Michelle said...

did you see the video of this coyote sitting in the beverage cooler???? hilarious!!!!!!

i'd also like to know how nobody noticed this coyote any step along its way into the quizno's beverage cooler... walking itself down Wabash... waiting its turn at the door to Quizno's...

which begs the next question, what kinds of freakish things would we notice in downtown chicago? would we notice a monkey? an alligator? surely a giraffe would turn heads before it made it into its restaurant of choice...