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Show SAM CONDAS KILLS COYOTE IN ARIZONA IN GRIM ENCOUNTER The Arizona Daily News carried car-ried this item in its columns recently: re-cently: Man bites dog that's news. When an elderly gentleman kills a coyote with the aid of his walking walk-ing stick, ihat's also news. Sam Condas, Bingham, Utah, a guest of the health resort at Agua Caliente Springs, Ariz., was taking his usual evening stroll about 6 p.m. on April 6. As he was walking along, a coyote jumped out of the mesquite bushes bush-es beside the road and snapped at Condas' leg. Condas struck the animal with his walking stick, knocking it down and breaking the end off the stick. The coyote was stunned only temporarily, however, and resumed the attack. After a second sec-ond futile lunge, the animal bared bar-ed its fangs and charged furiously furious-ly for the third time. This time, Condas knocked it down again and held its head down with his left foot and stick while he dispatched dis-patched it quickly with his right foot. Apparently the animal had been suffering from rabies, an examination showed. This may have explained the beast's attack at-tack as ordinarily the coyote is one of the most cautious and timid creatures. |