Weary roadrunner: Coyote chills out in Chi-town Quiznos coolerWeary roadrunner: Coyote chills out in Chi-town Quiznos cooler

Elissa Elan

CHICAGO —Feeling anything but wily, a weary, road-running coyote nonchalantly walked into a downtown Quiznos sandwich shop here and laid down in the restaurant’s open cooler, between the sodas and fruit juice, until animal control officers came to take the animal away 40 minutes later.

“It wasn’t aggressive at all,” said restaurant manager Bina Patel. “It was just looking around.” —Feeling anything but wily, a weary, road-running coyote nonchalantly walked into a downtown Quiznos sandwich shop here and laid down in the restaurant’s open cooler, between the sodas and fruit juice, until animal control officers came to take the animal away 40 minutes later.

According to the Associated Press, employees and customers calmly cleared out of the restaurant while the coyote relaxed in the cooler. —Feeling anything but wily, a weary, road-running coyote nonchalantly walked into a downtown Quiznos sandwich shop here and laid down in the restaurant’s open cooler, between the sodas and fruit juice, until animal control officers came to take the animal away 40 minutes later.

Veterinarians said they would examine the animal and would release it into the wild if it was uninjured. —Feeling anything but wily, a weary, road-running coyote nonchalantly walked into a downtown Quiznos sandwich shop here and laid down in the restaurant’s open cooler, between the sodas and fruit juice, until animal control officers came to take the animal away 40 minutes later.

Animal control officials noted that the city captures between 10 and 15 coyotes every year, particularly in the spring when they are the most active. —Feeling anything but wily, a weary, road-running coyote nonchalantly walked into a downtown Quiznos sandwich shop here and laid down in the restaurant’s open cooler, between the sodas and fruit juice, until animal control officers came to take the animal away 40 minutes later.