Bonnie Moriarty woke in the dark to a noise that did not sound right.
In her home in Bixby, Oklahoma, the sudden chaos made her think her dog and cat had gotten into it somewhere in the house. Half-asleep, that explanation made the most sense.
But the truth was already moving closer.
An unexpected visitor had made it inside and was heading toward her bedroom. Then her cat burst through the doorway, and right behind it came an animal Bonnie knew immediately was not her dog.
The middle of the night had turned into something far stranger than a pet scuffle.
The Mysterious Intruder Reveals Himself
“I woke up and the cat and the coyote came running into my room. It was still dark,” she said.
Moriarty screamed as loud as she could. She couldn’t believe her eyes. She quickly turned on the lights. That’s when she saw that the coyote crouched in the corner of the room.
As soon as Moriarty’s dog heard his mom’s screams, he rushed to her bedroom and started barking at the coyote.
The coyote seemed timid and he froze without knowing what to do.
Moriarty’s husband was not home. He was out of town and their kids were sleeping upstairs. After they heard their mom screaming, they woke up and came downstairs to see what was going on.
Moriarty assumed that the coyote followed her cat into the house. Since the back door wasn’t properly shut, he easily opened the door.
“He somehow just lunged at the door and the door opened,” she said.
Moriarty calmed down. She left her bedroom and closed the door, leaving the coyote trapped in the corner of her room.
The Coyote Is Glad To Return Home
She called the police right away, and shortly afterward, they arrived at the scene.
Three police officers entered Moriarty’s bedroom. Their plan was to catch the wild intruder by using catcher poles. After they carefully placed a loop around the coyote’s neck, they took him out of the house and released him.
The coyote felt relieved. He couldn’t wait to go back home, and he scurried to the nearby woods in Bixby, Oklahoma.
This was a shock for him, too. Being escorted by the police was not what he imagined would happen when he started chasing the cat.
Coyotes sometimes attack people’s pets, but they rarely follow them into the house.
This particular coyote seemed to have gotten carried away after he saw Moriarty’s cat. When he found himself in the house, he felt timid and confused. We’re sure he won’t make the same mistake again.
We’re glad that nobody suffered harm in this incident.