As one might guess from the title of this blog, I like coyotes. Yes, yes, it’s true. I never rooted for the roadrunner, though I like them too.
Though I prefer old coyote stories in the Native American trickster tradition or even the Western tall-tale genre, I like a modern coyote story as well so needless to say, this story caught my eye:
Employees and customers at a downtown Chicago Quiznos sandwich shop were stunned to see a coyote walk through the propped-open front door Tuesday afternoon and lie down in a cooler stocked with fruit juice and soda.
So fruit juice and soda? I figured he’d go straight for the roasted roadrunner on rosemary parmesan (ten times as fast as you can).
Assuming he’s uninjured and healthy, he’ll be released to the wild where he will promptly order an Acme anvil, Acme Quiznos employee disguise suit, and Acme deli meat slicer in order to build a fiendishly complicated Quiznos invasion device.
James Brush is a teacher and writer who lives in Austin, TX. He tries to get outside as much as possible.
A while back there was a story about coyote sightings in the middle of urban Los Angeles. Joel Stein wrote a terrific response to that story: My pet coyote
If you like coyotes, and you preferred the Coyote over the Roadrunner, you might enjoy the “Coyote Gospel” story featured in Volume 1 of the Animal Man tradepaper back (or “graphic novel”) from DC comics. The writer was Grant Morrison and the artist on that series was Chas Troug.
Mark, I’ll have to look into that.
Amy, Thanks for the link. I’ve actually learned that coyotes can be found in almost any urban area in the US.