I think the squirrels are influencing these coyotes

Coyote Bites 5-Year-Old Boy in N.J. Town
A small child was bitten by a coyote, the second such attack in this town in less than two months, authorities said. The 5-year-old boy was bitten Monday evening while walking in the street near his home with his 8-year-old sister, Township Administrator Robert Czech said. The animal ran off when the girl screamed

If any of you are good at statistics, maybe you can try and figure out what are the odds that two coyote attacks would occur in the same town in NJ over a two month period, but no reports anywhere else in the country. I got an A in statistics when I was in college; but if I remember any of it, it's locked away pretty deep in my memory banks.