TRINITY, N.C,None — A 3-year-old North Carolina girl may need to be tested for rabies after a 100-pound coyote attacked her while she was playing in her yard near Trinity.
Maggie Reed was jumping on the trampoline with her sister outside her Randolph County home on Wednesday.
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A few minutes later, a coyote snatched her and was trying to drag her into the woods.
Maggie's 6-year-old sister yelled for their mother, who jumped on the coyote.
"We was having fun until that dog," said Maggie's sister.
"That is a terrifying feeling, when you walk out of the house and you see your baby in the mouth of a monster and you don't know what to do," said Maggie's mom.
About a 30 minutes later, a neighbor shot and killed the coyote.
Rabies tests were inconclusive and Maggie got away with some bruises.