Roxboro man attacked by coyote strangles animal to protect himself

A Roxboro man attacked by a coyote Friday night is recovering with minor injuries. Police said the man protected himself by strangling the coyote.
Posted 5/17/2025, 11:38:00 PM Updated 5/18/2025, 10:54:09 AM

DISPUTE AND THEY SAID THERE

WAS NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC

WELL, LISTEN TO THIS ONE

TERRIFYING MOMENTS IN PERSON

COUNTY AFTER A MAN IS ATTACKED

BY A COYOTE, THE VICIOUS ATTACK

HAPPENED FRIDAY NIGHT NEAR

SOMERSET DRIVE. JAMES PULLEN

SHOW RIGHT THERE SAYS THE

COYOTE CHARGED HIM AFTER

SEVERAL KICKS. THE COYOTE KEPT

PURSUING HIM BITING EVENTUALLY

PULL HIM, GRAB THE COYOTE AND

STRANGLED IT TO DEATH TO

PROTECT HIMSELF.

>> A JURY IN A KIDNEY FROM AN

MAYBE THEY DID. THEY KNOW GAVE

A BIG MAC A LOT OF PROTOCOLS

TO TREAT ME ANYWAY.

WITH GASES.

>> HOLMES AS HE CONTINUES TO

GET TREATMENT AS YOU HEARD

RIGHT THERE, PERSON COUNTY

ANIMAL SERVICES PICKED UP THE