From the Knox County Times:
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As far as Blaine Cardilli is concerned the incident last month with the coyote was not an attack. . . .
What he tells people when he recounts the story is that the adult coyote “jumped” him.
“It was a case of mistaken identity,” Cardilli said. “It was not trying to attack me.”
Cardilli believes the coyote mistook him for a wild turkey._