Folk singer Taylor Mitchell (19) was attacked by coyotes while she was hiking alone
Published: Oct 29, 2009 @ 3:57 PM
Taylor Mitchell (19)
Date: Oct 27, 2009
Cause of Death: Coyote Attack
Location: Ontario, Canada
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A PROMISING young Canadian musician has been attacked and killed by coyotes while on a tour promoting her new album.
Taylor Mitchell, 19, was considered a rising star of the folk music scene, having just earned a Canadian Folk Music Awards nomination.
She was hiking alone on the Syline Trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park when a pair of coyotes attacked her.
Tourists rushed to her aid when they heard her screams and found Mitchell bleeding heavily from mulitple wounds "all over her body", according to The Canadian Press.
"She was losing a considerable amount of blood from her wounds," paramedic Paul Maynard told TCP.
One of the animals was later shot by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but the other got away.
Park officials said it was highly unusual for coyotes to be involved in such an aggressive attack.
Mitchell was due to play at a concert after her hike and was on her first tour of the Canadian east coast.
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Olivia
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Oct 28, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Our first death by coyote....
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WOW!! The pain she must have felt while they were attacking her. :cry2:
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Ugh. What a frightening and horrible way to die.
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i cannot even begin to imagine. :cry:
rip taylor.
strange that joni and taylor hail from canada, no? i tried to youtube her and i only get joni.
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I heard there was a new breed to beast out there. It was something like a coyote/wolf or maybe a fox/coyote or..... fox/wolf?
I always thought that normal coyotes were scavengers and knocked over garbage cans for food?
This could be completely wrong however.
:::meep, meep:::
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