Andrew Smith runs most evenings along the Towpath Trail across from the Steelyards in Tremont, his neighborhood in Cleveland. Lately, he’s had company.

“[The first time] I saw the coyote I was a little nervous for a moment just running into this animal just so far from any accessible street if I needed to run away,” he said. “But it was so clearly more scared of me than I was of it that I was only nervous for a moment before the fear is gone.”

Smith said he watched the coyote peeing on light posts and trash cans, likely marking its territory to keep other coyotes away.

“You just see this large body with lots of fur or hair, just kind of a puffed-up body and the distinct grayish color that's so different from a dog,” Smith said. “It was very alert and just seemed to have a sharp focus fo

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