Not just sharks to worry about! Woman fights off coyote with a stick on Cape Cod beach after it stalked her for 10 MINUTES
- Assistant principal from Brooklyn fought off coyote with stick in Massachusetts
- Marcy Sterlis was walking on Race Point Beach in Provincetown last Thursday
- Coyote came within four and five feet of her, circling her for around 10 minutes
- Two fishermen heard Ms Sterlis's cries for help and navigated towards her
- The coyote ran away when they heard boat captain hitting ore on the side of boatAn assistant principal from Brooklyn fought off a coyote with a stick on a Massachusetts beach last week.
Marcy Sterlis was walking on Race Point Beach in Provincetown last Thursday and was putting her trainers back on when the coyote snuck up to her.
The coyote came within four and five feet of her, circling her for around 10 minutes but never biting her, Boston 25 News reported. She screamed for help, waving a large stick at the wild animal to try to fend it away from her.
Marcy Sterlis was walking on Race Point Beach in Provincetown last Thursday and was putting her trainers back on when the coyote snuck up to her
Ms Sterlis said: 'It was a little too curious because it wasn't responding to my screams to get away from me or shaking at the stick.
'I was screaming at it. The only thing that did work was when I lunged. My voice is still really hoarse from screaming so much this morning.'
Speaking to Inside Edition, Ms Sterlis said: 'The coyote seemed content that he had cornered me. Just kept coming at me, and I am screaming at that point.'
She added that she was terrified because the coyote 'wasn't responding' no matter how much she tried to shoo it away.
She screamed for help, waving a large stick at the wild animal to try to fend it away from her, saying that the 'coyote seem content' that it had 'cornered' her
The coyote came within four and five feet of her, circling her for around 10 minutes but never biting herThe coyote only started to run away when a pair of nearby fishermen came to Ms Sterlis's rescue.
Captain William Kelley and fisherman Andrew DeCarton filmed part of the encounter and navigated towards Ms Sterlis. Kelley began to bang his ore on the side of the boat, causing the coyote to run away.
Ms Sterlis reported the incident to a park office when she was finally able to return to her car.
She added that she was terrified because the coyote 'wasn't responding' no matter how much she tried to shoo it away
She has carried a stick with her since last year after becoming familiar with the coyotes on the Cape, as she saw their footprints everywhere.
During the ordeal, Ms Sterlis's boyfriend called her and she asked him to look up online what to do about a coyote, but he said he was on his way to work.
According to experts, you should not run away from a coyote and turn your back on it as well as not letting them intimidate you. You should threaten them with loud noises.
Ms Sterlis said: 'Everything you hear about, what you're supposed to do when you encounter a wild animal, I was doing. I had run out of options.'
The coyote only started to run away when a pair of nearby fishermen came to Ms Sterlis's rescue. Captain William Kelley and fisherman Andrew DeCarton filmed part of the encounter and navigated towards Ms Sterlis. Kelley began to bang his ore on the side of the boat, causing the coyote to run away
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