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I've seen two in the past year. Around here they tend to look like small grey wolves. I am in Fayetteville and it's fairly developed around here. The first coyote I saw, was laying dead in the road. At first glance I thought it was a Grey Wolf. I was floored, but then I realize it was pretty small to be a Grey Wolf. Besides, many wolves in NC are the reintroduced Red Wolves and this was the completely wrong color.
The second we were outside one night and the whole neighborhood of dogs were barking like mad. Usually when a person or dog is walking down the street, there is a "wave" affect of barks, but this time the whole neighborhood was lit up. Dad went to look to see what was going on and whistled at something. I asked him what it was and he said it was a large weird looking fox, but it was the size of our small German Shepherd(60-70lbs). I looked up pics of Red Wolves and he said "no" it's the wrong color, I looked up pics of NC Coyotes and he said that's it.
So they are around, just sneaky and wary things. I can vouch for them in NC. They can be found in every county of NC. There are even recorded attacks on humans and children by coyotes. Just google "NC coyote" and you'll find the sources.
-Kim