PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Who needs an alarm clock when your neighbors are punctual, persistent, and completely covered in fur?
Robert Howard was awakened by a band of coyotes romping across his roof right outside his bedroom window. What’s even crazier is that it happened more than once.
A band of coyotes woke up Robert Howard two days straight by romping across his roof and scratching at his window.(Robert Howard)
“The coyotes showed up Tuesday and Wednesday morning as if we needed a morning wake-up call,” Howard said. “They scratched on the window right by our bed at around 6 a.m. both mornings.”
At their boldest, as many as five of the wild animals appeared at once on the roof of his home near Northern Avenue and 16th Street.
When Howard started filming the furry intruders from his bed, the coyotes noticed and wandered straight up to the window and put their snoots against the glass.
Howard’s video shows the animals playing and curiously admiring the homeowners inside.
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