An unnerving experience of being followed by two animals Saturday evening on the Ninth Street beach pathway is a first among reports of more remote sightings of coyote or coyote-wolf-type species in Barnegat Light.
The resident of East Ninth Street was walking her older Boston Terrier on a leash at dusk on Feb. 29 between about 6:45 and 7 p.m. Fearful for her pet, she picked the dog up as one of the animals kept approaching her.
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