Chicago woman says coyotes chased her, small dog in Wicker Park

Yeah, the woman says she was walking her small dog when she noticed they were being followed. She took out her phone to record the encounter. That's when she says things took a scary turn. Take a look at this video there. Adalis Flores says she was walking her small Chihuahua Coco on Monday night near Oakley Boulevard here in Wicker Park. When she noticed a couple of coyotes following them. At first, she didn't think much of it, she says she pulled out her phone to record the encounter. Then she realized they were getting closer. She says she panicked, grabbed Coco and ran, eventually climbing onto an elevated railing for safety. Even though she says the ordeal lasted about three minutes, she says it felt much longer. I was mainly just scared for him, he's like my whole world, I couldn't imagine if anything were to happen to him. It was genuinely so scary and just having them both with their heads down in that hunting mode terrified me, for his life for sure. The video, which has over a million views now, has sparked a lot of conversation online about whether this kind of behavior is normal for these animals here in Chicago. A wildlife biologist says it's actually pretty common to see these animals in the city and they appear to just be passing through. He says it's possible the dog was attracting them. Typically, the coyotes will look at another canine. As an interloper of some sort, and they'll either want to investigate it or get rid of it. But here again, I mean, if you watch the behavior of the individual animals, they're more curious than anything else. They are not acting aggressively in any way, shape or form. Again, experts say these animals are harmless for the most part. The biggest thing to remember here, if you do encounter these animals, make sure you're not feeding them or giving them any type of food.