Large coyotes becoming a common sight in Boston area, and they appear to be getting bigger

stop what you're doing and look at this two huge animals just chilling out on a Brighton lawn yeah social media has been buzzing about this today are these wolves are these coyotes are they a mix of the two what are these guys Boston 25 news reporter John Monahan you talked to a woman who was trapped inside her car because those coyotes were in her yard that's right Vanessa and Mark and she sat there for about 20 minutes actually pulled out her phone to document the whole thing now we've seen lots of stories we've reported on lots of things actually about coyotes being seen all around the Boston area and tonight that includes right here in our own Boston 25 parking lot in fact on Sunday night one of our co-workers came out of the building and he came face to face with a coyote right here take a close look at these two coyotes hanging out in a brightened backyard just as Jillian Campbell got home from work that was my first thought like this is way bigger than a coyote I've ever seen so big she just sat there wondering my first thought was how am I going to get into my house no one was home so Jillian shot this video to prove she wasn't seeing things I stayed in my car for probably like 15 20 minutes and they just didn't leave Jillian kept taking video of her visitors and then posted it on social media a lot of people chimed in on social media about the size of these coyotes saying they're wellfed or that they must be a mix of coyote and wolf a Koy wolf or they're simply too big and they've got to be wolves well we reached out to a Mass wildlife expert and he tells us the real reason these coyotes look so big he says it's their winter coat if you look at that same animal in the summer it looks a fraction of the size because that coat is is fluffed up and it adds you know several inches of Just Fur in all Dimensions Dave Waddles is an expert on fur bearing animals he says it's not uncommon to see them in the City it's important to remember that these coyotes are born and raised in Boston so they're used to people they're used to traffic in the sights and sounds of you know a modern city we've even seen them at Boston 25 watch as this guy wandered right through our parking lot Sunday night headed for the gate but then turned all of it caught on our surveillance cameras and Mass wildlife offering some tips to prevent coyote conflicts first of all don't leave any kind of pet food outside that includes bird feeders your dog food your cat food secondly if you have a coyote on your property he says to Haze it that means to scream to yell to bang pots and pans you don't want them comfortable on your property like those coyotes in Brighton were and lastly if you have a pet protect it that means keep it on a leash to keep it close to you so that it doesn't wander off in the yard where could become something the coyote might go for some things to keep in mind as these coyote sightings become more common we're live in denam tonight I'm John Monahan for your local station Boston 25 News