Any one seen a ‘pack of wolves’ in Newton?

by | Dec 2, 2015 | Newton | 8 comments

Someone posted this on a Newton Highlands list serve

Just driving home (10pm) and saw a pack of wolves running on corner of Mason and Homer. Please watch your dogs and little ones!!!

 

8 Comments

  1. Greg Reibman
    Greg Reibman on December 2, 2015 at 1:59 pm

    My first reaction was to wonder if they were coyotes, but coyotes typically travel alone.

  2. Chuck Tanowitz
    Chuck Tanowitz on December 2, 2015 at 2:11 pm

    I saw a couple of large, grey canines a couple of weeks ago while out jogging near my house. One was crossing the road and I saw another not far away. People tell me they were coyotes, but I really don’t know.

  3. Mike Striar
    Mike Striar on December 2, 2015 at 2:32 pm

    Almost certainly coyotes. They do generally travel alone, but call each other to their prey. They are confused by and respond to sirens from emergency vehicles late at night. If you’re a night owl and listen carefully, you can often hear several calling to each other in the distance after a siren has faded. They’re large enough to have taken out all the deer in Hammond Woods, so your dog or cat is no match.

  4. Marti
    Marti on December 2, 2015 at 3:30 pm

    Coyotes used to regularly hang out at night in my backyard and I’ve seen then together at times. They used to get the wild turkeys, but they are gone now. Needless to say, I’ve been careful with my cats and dogs.

    I haven’t seen a wolf in years. Although I was surprised that some wolves do look similar to coyotes because I’d always seen the large, brown German Shepherd looking type.

  6. Bill Humphrey
    Bill Humphrey on December 2, 2015 at 5:45 pm

    They certainly do look pretty large and wolfish these days, so I certainly also wonder about the “coywolves” hypothesis mentioned above! Sometimes I see one of the presumed coyotes loping across Woodward St or Wyman St in Waban.

  7. Terry
    Terry on December 2, 2015 at 10:20 pm

    I’ve seen numerous single, what I call coyotes around Washington Park/ Harvard Street in the late evening (9:30PM/10PM) over the last 2 months. Not so many foxes, which I saw in abundance last year. No packs though.