Canadian Singer Killed By Coyotes

2009-10-29 by Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | 98 Comments
A 19-year-old Canadian folk singer has been killed after being attacked by coyotes while hiking in eastern Canada.

Taylor Mitchell was on tour in Nova Scotia and had taken the day off on Tuesday to go hiking in the Cape Breton Highlands national park.

Mitchell was attacked by a group of coyotes and, though other hikers heard her screams and managed to call for help, she died in hospital in Halifax on Wednesday morning.

Mounties on the scene managed to shoot one of the animals, which escaped, and later managed to find and kill another.

Mitchell was nominated for this year's Canadian Folk Music Awards in the "Young Performer of the Year" category, having released her debut album earlier this year.

Tagged: Taylor Mitchell

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Cesar
October 29th 2009
2732 Comments


God that sucks, killed by coyotes, just 19.

Teddy Picker
October 29th 2009
285 Comments


awful, R.I.P.

tomr4
October 29th 2009
192 Comments


whoa.

accompliceofmydeath
October 29th 2009
4921 Comments


Coyotes? Really? That's pretty nuts. I didn't know that Coyotes really attacked humans much.

PanasonicYouth
October 29th 2009
7413 Comments


holy shit that's awful

Phantom
October 29th 2009
9010 Comments


Pretty insane and awful

RIP

Steerpike
October 29th 2009
1861 Comments


I didn't know that Coyotes really attacked humans much.


They don't. Not unless they're starving or they think you're a threat to their pups. I'm guessing in this case it was the former.

Laceye
October 29th 2009
64 Comments


Not to detract from the sadness and grief of her death... but if only she was a metal singer, that'd be a brutal ass way to die.

accompliceofmydeath
October 29th 2009
4921 Comments


Yeah I just read that it's super rare for coyotes to attack humans especially in a pair. Some wildlife expert guy thinks that they may have been coyote-wolf hybrids.

Avirov
October 29th 2009
1206 Comments


Why did they hunt down and kill one of them after the fact?

Transient
October 29th 2009
1520 Comments


fuck, what a horrible way to die

RIP :/

Crysis
Emeritus
October 29th 2009
17653 Comments


That really sucks, especially at such a young age.

maqwep
October 29th 2009
1046 Comments


holy shit rip

cookiesarethebword
October 29th 2009
87 Comments


i think coyotes pretty much attack only when they are in groups of three or more and they dont attack groups of people. i live in AZ and its pretty much common knowledge to go with a group. thats incredibly sad and rare.

shindip
October 29th 2009
3539 Comments


RIP

Andross026
October 29th 2009
49 Comments


if she had been a metal band frontman, everyone would have said damn. waht a metal way to die. but she isnt, so rip poor girl.

PuddlesPuddles
October 29th 2009
4798 Comments


One of the most horrible things I've ever heard

El_Goodo
October 29th 2009
1016 Comments


That's unreal...I had to re-read the title a few times to make sure it wasn't about a band called Killed By Coyotes or something. RIP

Jayright
October 29th 2009
58 Comments


wtf?

SmurkinGherkin
October 29th 2009
2253 Comments


Shit thats pretty bad. RIP

KittensandScorpions
October 29th 2009
172 Comments


This is heartbreakingly awful. RIP.

Coggyswell
October 29th 2009
112 Comments


This is sad. Should have been Chad Kroeger.

RIP

blurkom
October 29th 2009
19 Comments


RIP

JoshIsNumber3
October 29th 2009
151 Comments


It's okay, she was Canadian.

Society Sellout
October 29th 2009
292 Comments


geez that sucks. Coyotes though? Really? It's hard to imagine them inflicting enough damage to kill someone, even if there were two.

Lions
October 29th 2009
1015 Comments


It's okay, she was Canadian.

As awful as that is, I can't say it didn't make me laugh. Otherwise, this is fucking crazy/awful. May she be enjoying her next adventure.

Bleekill
October 29th 2009
832 Comments


Fuckin horrible. Too bad the other hikers didn't find her and help her, instead of go for help. I bet one athletic guy with a rock could bust a coyote's head open pretty fast.

RIP


JizzInMyPants
October 29th 2009
2965 Comments


first song on her myspace has a section that pretty much says "where was that man when I needed him bad", and im wondering....where was he? probably too soon but whatev rip

EVedder27
October 29th 2009
6088 Comments


just terrible. RIP

thebbqshrimp
October 29th 2009
1207 Comments


Why did they hunt down and kill one of them after the fact?

Because they can't have human attacking-prone coyotes running around their national park.

Seriously terrible.

Badabanda
October 29th 2009
90 Comments


Joining in on the "that's terrible" bandwagon.

bigguy69
October 29th 2009
199 Comments


if they can't have human threatening coyotes...why didnt they tranquilize it and keep under a close eye for a while...

thebbqshrimp
October 29th 2009
1207 Comments


Because it had already killed someone... Think 'bout it, they just about immediately put down dogs that attack/kill someone.

Jethro42
October 29th 2009
18287 Comments


*It's okay, she was Canadian

Is it okay if I'm Canadian too?

cheap one
Quelle bassesse!...

MaskAtTheMasquerade
October 29th 2009
2924 Comments


super shitty

botb
October 29th 2009
19838 Comments


i just think about wyle e. coyote setting up an elaborate plan.
but seriously this is really tragic RIP... it's just kind of almost as random as the way steve irwin died.

Jethro42
October 29th 2009
18287 Comments


Endless suffering................
RIP TM

KILL3
October 29th 2009
601 Comments


that josh guy is a fuckin weirdo only comes out of his cave to post on death news lolol

SmurkinGherkin
October 29th 2009
2253 Comments


yeah lol

Jethro42
October 29th 2009
18287 Comments


not very bright indeed

pride
October 29th 2009
227 Comments


TBH when I first read the headline it sounded pretty funny, Still sucks though RIP

CrazyFool84
October 29th 2009
1083 Comments


Yeah totally funny you fuck.

Rest in peace, when the story initially broke they didn't know who she was, it's even worse to have a face to go along with.

BSX
October 29th 2009
1650 Comments


Coyotes? I would expect a bear to attack someone more than a coyote. Like someone else said it should've been Chad Kroeger, not this girl.

RIP

Lambda
October 29th 2009
2654 Comments


RIP

ErasersAtBothEnds
October 29th 2009
288 Comments


and twas written in the stones that in 2009 in the year of our lord, all musicians would be culled from the earth, and the lord's servants descended upon them with great vengeance.

crush1214
October 29th 2009
14 Comments


RIP

Knott-
Emeritus
October 29th 2009
10259 Comments


holy wtf this is one of the most shocking things ive ever read

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
October 29th 2009
32288 Comments


That's damn tragic RIP

Fugue
October 29th 2009
7371 Comments


wow, this is awful, RIP

jrowa001
October 29th 2009
8752 Comments


damn this is awful! ive heard a few of her songs before and she had a nice voice. RIP

Roach
October 29th 2009
2148 Comments


bleep bleep

Nikkolae
October 29th 2009
6920 Comments


fuck! well thats jus awfull R.I.P.

cjgone
October 29th 2009
828 Comments


(((

cjgone
October 29th 2009
828 Comments


=( R.I.P

NebSnurbPart2
October 29th 2009
52 Comments


When I heard this, I laughed with rage.

AmericnZero02
October 29th 2009
3956 Comments


awful indeed. RIP

Greggers
October 29th 2009
2375 Comments


Woah thats awful, R.I.P

robertsona
Emeritus
October 30th 2009
28661 Comments


people trying to be funny in this thread are fucking stupid


r.i.p. scary as shit

cvlts
October 30th 2009
9956 Comments


holy shit, coyotes? when the fuck does that ever happen?

rip
condolenses to the family.

that is absolutely no way to go out

jimmyisjonny
October 30th 2009
207 Comments


That's fucking, horrible and sad. Terrible thing to happen. Why does shit like this happen?

Powerban
October 30th 2009
2384 Comments


Those coyotes are more metal than Varg. Biting a country rock singer to death and then getting shot.

It's not good when anyone dies though, RIP Taylor.

Demonicgman
October 30th 2009
417 Comments


Must've smelled the menstrual blood.

Rip.

cirq
October 30th 2009
9366 Comments


Wow, that's horrible

Ruminations
October 30th 2009
146 Comments


This happened where I live. She died overnight in the hospital, it's a pretty terrible way to go.

RamsesII
October 30th 2009
80 Comments


A surreal, almost comical headline to behold, until the reality of the situation sets in, and one sees the unmitigated tragedy, the abject suffering, the pain in such a death.

So here's my obligatory, yet hearftelt, RIP.

Emim
October 30th 2009
38594 Comments


if they can't have human threatening coyotes...why didnt they tranquilize it and keep under a close eye for a while...


Yeah! Maybe all it needed was a big hug!

RIP


Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
October 30th 2009
38391 Comments


That is sad as hell. R.I.P.

oalston
October 30th 2009
91 Comments


A very unfortunate death but I don't understand what the point of hunting down and killing the coyotes is. It's not as if it'll change anything.

Demonicgman
October 30th 2009
417 Comments


^you can't have an animal that has killed a human, its a threat. I don't see why its such a bad thing...its one fucking animal. who wants to go to a fucking park where an animal that killed someone is still living?

WhiteWallStargazers
October 30th 2009
2647 Comments


R.I.P :/

The Sludge
October 30th 2009
2171 Comments


Wow, that's not a headline you see everyday. RIP

yetanotherprofile
October 30th 2009
180 Comments


That is nasty. Horrible way to die. If only it could have been 50 cent or someone who actualy deserves it. Not some young tallent.

jimmyisjonny
October 30th 2009
207 Comments


^^^ Yeah, because how valuable someone's life is depends on musical credibility.

As for the Coyote, fuck it to death in the ass with a gun. Animals who kill humans should be turned into vests. Anyone who disagrees is a tree hugging piece of shit and deserves to be deported to dinosaur island.

maqwep
October 30th 2009
1046 Comments


yeah totally because wild animals hunting is a fucking abomination. she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
October 30th 2009
38391 Comments


I don't think so. The Coyote killed her; they killed the Coyote. Cause and effect.

Jonnyborg
October 30th 2009
232 Comments


I'm going to ask what we're all thinking... Do folk singers taste good?

PuddlesPuddles
October 30th 2009
4798 Comments


That's a worse joke than hiring Lance Armstrong for a castrato voice in choir.

Titan50
October 30th 2009
4588 Comments


fucking hell...

NebSnurbPart2
October 30th 2009
52 Comments


Sucks Joni Mitchell's daughter was torn apart, by coyotes. Neil Young does not have a chance now.

AggravatedYeti
October 30th 2009
7683 Comments


:'(

maqwep
October 30th 2009
1046 Comments


"I don't think so. The Coyote killed her; they killed the Coyote. Cause and effect."

what the fuck do you mean by that. the effect was what the humans made it. it wasnt like they said "oh
it killed her, we are forced to kill it by the laws of cause and effect"

pride
October 30th 2009
227 Comments


People always kill the animals after these sorts of events. It doesn't matter how the situation unfolds, the animals are killed because it makes people feel better about it.

maqwep
October 30th 2009
1046 Comments


well i mean sometimes its necessary e.g. a dog that constantly bites in a very dangerous manner etc but like, this girl was hiking in their habitat.

coyotes attack in packs when they see something large.

boom.

i mean RIP of course its a horrible thing to happen but coyotes were just being coyotes

accompliceofmydeath
October 30th 2009
4921 Comments


^that

PuddlesPuddles
October 30th 2009
4798 Comments


True Coyotes Don't Kill Men.

maqwep
October 30th 2009
1046 Comments


she was a woman

accompliceofmydeath
October 30th 2009
4921 Comments


no shit?

maqwep
October 30th 2009
1046 Comments


look at puddles comment

accompliceofmydeath
October 30th 2009
4921 Comments


yeah, i know. Stupid sarcasm not showing up on the interwebz...

zrosschristian
October 31st 2009
281 Comments


Wow, that's sad.

RIP.

FyreNail
October 31st 2009
175 Comments


RIP
That's horrible, especially at her age

oalston
October 31st 2009
91 Comments


"you can't have an animal that has killed a human, its a threat. I don't see why its such a bad thing...its one fucking animal."

Any wild animal can be a threat. So why not go ahead and kill all of them because they all have the potential of harming someone? Killing an animal because it kills someone is a stupid idea because it doesn't achieve anything.

BSX
October 31st 2009
1650 Comments


That same animal could kill again, but there is a chance the coyotes couldn't have been the ones that killed Taylor.

Tulannical
October 31st 2009
2051 Comments


RIP that would suck

MusiclessLifeless
November 6th 2009
21 Comments


That sucks, man... Poor girl, she was so young.



R6Rider
November 6th 2009
5282 Comments


should have been Nickleback

this is so sad, RIP Taylor

xNintendoCorex
November 6th 2009
1269 Comments


woaah, horrible.

Jethro42
November 6th 2009
18287 Comments


horrible yeah.

»»».... "Most canids (coyotes, foxes, and wolves) will attack prey that begin to run away from them. Maybe that's what she did. Unfortunately, there are no witnesses....''...
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