Where's Your Mace?

The campus police received another report of a coyote sighting Tuesday.

According to Lt. Scot Willey, the wild animal headed toward Bellflower Boulevard from the south side of Parkside Commons.

He pointed out that there could be more than one; no one knows.

"We don't believe they will ever be caught, because frankly there are no plans to try to catch them...at least not by our Police Department," Willey confirmed. "We just go out to make sure there aren't any people or pets in the area, and then go about our business of keeping our community safe."

So maybe there's more than one reason to keep some mace handy when walking alone.

This is not an actual image of a coyote at CSULB, but it's what you may see.

Photo found at www.statesymbolsusa.org.

Ugly Coyote or Wile Coyote

An ugly coyote, as described in the classic movie Coyote Ugly, may be a common sight after a night of college drinking, but at Cal State Long Beach the ugly wild animal may be a common sight as well.

The CSULB police station received two reports of a coyote on campus this month. One on Bellflower Boulevard, and the other at the Residence Commons.

According to Captain Solorzano, this is probably the same coyote that has hung around CSULB for the past 15 years. Police still haven't caught this, perhaps, wile coyote, but Solorzano assures that no one has been hurt.