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Awesome kid punches coyote in face, gets award.
trentsteel
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Youth to receive Medal of Bravery
A 10-year-old boy who fought off a coyote to save the life of his friend will be soon presented with a national honour.
Marshall Davis, now 12, will be handed a Medal of Bravery with 13 other recipients at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
In November 2006, the boy and his friend, 10-year-old David Burnett, were throwing snowballs in the backyard of Davis’ north-end home, when a coyote appeared baring its teeth.
The boys ran for their lives, but the coyote grabbed onto Burnett and dragged him to the ground.
Instinctively, Davis ran back to aid his friend. He punched and kicked the coyote in the face until it gave up and ran away.
The coyote, which had been hanging around the neighbourhood eating trash days earlier, was killed by a Fish and Wildlife officer.
The recent award is one of many Davis has received.
The date for the medals ceremony has not yet been selected.
Davis joins a list of recipients that include police officers, and is the youngest to receive the honour.
Because there is so much horrible shit in the news all the time I just wanted to share this news story that makes me feel good.
A 10-year-old boy who fought off a coyote to save the life of his friend will be soon presented with a national honour.
Marshall Davis, now 12, will be handed a Medal of Bravery with 13 other recipients at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
In November 2006, the boy and his friend, 10-year-old David Burnett, were throwing snowballs in the backyard of Davis’ north-end home, when a coyote appeared baring its teeth.
The boys ran for their lives, but the coyote grabbed onto Burnett and dragged him to the ground.
Instinctively, Davis ran back to aid his friend. He punched and kicked the coyote in the face until it gave up and ran away.
The coyote, which had been hanging around the neighbourhood eating trash days earlier, was killed by a Fish and Wildlife officer.
The recent award is one of many Davis has received.
The date for the medals ceremony has not yet been selected.
Davis joins a list of recipients that include police officers, and is the youngest to receive the honour.
Because there is so much horrible shit in the news all the time I just wanted to share this news story that makes me feel good.
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I totally deserve this
fuck yeah
a coyote is way more of a pussy than a wolf
for some reason i stopped reading after the word "fish" and i was like, "what? how?"
Tumblr blargh
you want kids to develop self-esteem, let them punch a deadly animal in the face
booyah
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30 pounds or not. I know grown men who would run from that.
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Dog saves dog
does he do shit like this on the regular? in that case he would basically be a superhero
Shit I didn't even notice that.
Whatever, Druhim, where's all the wolves and coytoes you've punched in the face, HUH?
Probably wet yourself I bet. Even cry
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every coyote I've ever seen was slinking away in fear
a coyote is no threat to a healthy adult
a pack of wolves on the other hand could be big trouble
of course, these are young kids we're talking about in this thread and I could see a coyote trying to take a kid
but a coyote would still be much easier to scare off than a wolf
oh man
i bet his parents are just disappointed in him for not getting a medal.
My first thought at that picture is that someone snapped a photo while it was yawning.
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also so is the fact that this kid punched a coyote in the face
"Now Billy, since you're so brave, I'm sure you'll be able to maintain your composure while I do this." *zzzzzip*
however I will grant that I made an unjustified assumption about coyotes based on my experiences
apparently in SoCal due to people feeding them and such, they're considerably bolder and even sometimes aggressive toward adults
though it's still rare for that to happen
they can be aggressive, but nothing like cougars
Yeah, a lot of animals tend to get used to ocassionally running into people, since there's not many places where they won't come across them.
Like, some foxes moved into the huge park that's used as a golf course near where I used to live, and they just sort of hung around not caring if people were about. I remember seeing one just trotting along the sidewalk, acting totally natural.
also deer in some places in japan
fuckers will go straight for your pockets
What the fuck does this mean?