It’s a parent’s nightmare: taking a leisurely hike with one’s family, only to come across a menacing animal moments into the walk. That’s what a mother experienced while walking with her two children in Holbrook Town Forest on Thursday. Roughly a mile into the hike around 11:40 a.m., they encountered a large coyote and were trapped on the trail, authorities said. The family called first .
Family rescued from Holbrook Town Forest after being trapped by coyote
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A woman and her two children were rescued after they became trapped in the Holbrook Town Forest by a large coyote Thursday morning, Holbrook police said.
They were on a walking trail about a mile into the forest at about 11:40 a.m. when the woman called the department of public works to report that they were trapped by the coyote, Holbrook police and the town’s emergency communications center said in a joint press release.
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Holbrook first responders rescued a mother and two children who were trapped by a large coyote in the Holbrook Town Forest on Thursday, May 20.
At approximately 11:40 a.m., the Holbrook Department of Public Works received a call from a woman who was walking with her two children in the forest when she was trapped on a walking trail about a mile out by a coyote, according to Holbrook Police Chief William Smith and Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center Director Stephan Hooke.
The Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center initiated a call with the mother minutes later, confirming that she was still with her two children and that the coyote was pacing back and forth for some time nearby.
When you look at your phone and realize you accidentally called 911
By Emily Sweeney Globe Staff,Updated December 23, 2020, 4:17 p.m.
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Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news. Here is a sampling of lesser-known â but no less noteworthy â incidents from police log books (a.k.a. blotters) in our suburbs.
SORRY, I DIDNâT MEAN TO DIAL 911
People inadvertently call 911 more often than you might think. On Aug. 30,
Bridgewater police received an accidental call from a man who said he dropped his phone and it dialed 911. On Nov. 16,