AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Arizona mother fights off coyote with a flip-flop after it attacks her four-year-old daughter
A 36-year-old Arizona mother suffered severe facial wounds after she beat back a coyote that lunged at her four-year-old daughter, armed with nothing but a flip-flop and a parent's reflex. Brittany Cardinal was flying a kite with her young daughter in Surprise, Arizona, on September 6 when the child screamed. A coyote had come at […] The post Arizona mother fights off coyote with a flip-flop after it attacks her four-year-old daughter appeared first on American Almanac .
A 36-year-old Arizona mother suffered severe facial wounds after she beat back a coyote that lunged at her four-year-old daughter, armed with nothing but a flip-flop and a parent's reflex. Brittany Cardinal was flying a kite with her young daughter in Surprise, Arizona, on September 6 when the child screamed. A coyote had come at the girl. Cardinal didn't pause. She yanked off her flip-flop, swung it at the animal, and screamed to drive it away. The coyote didn't retreat. Cardinal fell to the ground during the struggle but managed to free her daughter. The animal then bit Cardinal on the face, leaving severe lacerations and puncture wounds. She got back up, grabbed her child, and ran home. Her daughter was unharmed. Cardinal says she never…Open