The Coyote Yipps blogsite adroitly addresses humans misinterpretation of alleged Coyote aggression

New post on Coyote Yipps "Mighty Aggressive"  is simply not what's   going on. by yipps I advised some dog walkers that a coyote was  around a bend. They ignored me until the coyote  was at the top of the hill and could actually be  seen. One of the women turned to me and said  "mighty aggressive I would say". I asked why she thought this -- the coyote was just standing  on the same path as she was. I had been watching the coyote hunt, and  it just happened to be headed in the  direction of the walkers. It couldn't  possibly have seen the walkers  to avoid them, just as the walkers could not possibly have seen the coyote. The  woman turned to me andsaid that the  coyote was obviously after them -- if he  hadn't seen them, he surely could have HEARD them,and, weren't coyotes  SUPPOSED to be afraid of us? Didn't that constitute aggression? No, that does not constitute aggression. And no, coyotes are not necessarily  fearful of people -- rather, it would  be more accurate to say that coyotes  are WARY of people. They will do  their utmost to avoid people. But closer encounters in a park will  happen now and then. The coyote  may look at you, and may even  study you for a moment -- that is not  aggression -- that is curiosity, or even surprise. And then he will move away. (UNLESS HABITUATED THROUGH CONTANT HUMAN CONTACT OR BEING FED BY HUMANS--BLOGGER RICK)  Coyotes are not at all (NOT NORMALLY-BLOGGER RICK)  interested in people. In this case, the  coyote came within about 50 feet of the  woman and her dog which  was leashed.  Both parties gazed at each  other for a moment and then the coyote  ran off the path.