Canadian Singer Killed By Coyotes
2009-10-29 by Dave de Sylvia STAFF | 103 Replies | 2491 Views

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.

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Cesar21


Comments: 2467
10.29.09


God that sucks, killed by coyotes, just 19.

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Teddy Picker


Comments: 250
10.29.09


awful, R.I.P.

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tomr4


Comments: 46
10.29.09


whoa.

accompliceofmydeath


Comments: 834
10.29.09


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

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UhhKris


Comments: 3791
10.29.09


holy shit that's awful

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Phantom


Comments: 6578
10.29.09


Pretty insane and awful

RIP

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Steerpike


Comments: 1704
10.29.09


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.

Faggor


Comments: 1038
10.29.09


oh shit

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Laceye


Comments: 40
10.29.09


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.

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accompliceofmydeath


Comments: 834
10.29.09


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


Comments: 934
10.29.09


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

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Transient


Comments: 392
10.29.09


fuck, what a horrible way to die

RIP :/

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Crysis


Comments: 4509
10.29.09


That really sucks, especially at such a young age.

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maqwep


Comments: 921
10.29.09


holy shit rip

cookiesarethebword


Comments: 32
10.29.09


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.

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shindip


Comments: 2515
10.29.09

Album Rating: 5

RIP

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Andross026


Comments: 43
10.29.09


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


Comments: 1140
10.29.09


One of the most horrible things I've ever heard

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El_Goodo


Comments: 890
10.29.09


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

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Jayright


Comments: 48
10.29.09


wtf?

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SmurkinGherkin


Comments: 744
10.29.09


Shit thats pretty bad. RIP

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KittensandScorpions


Comments: 172
10.29.09


This is heartbreakingly awful. RIP.

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Coggyswell


Comments: 84
10.29.09


This is sad. Should have been Chad Kroeger.

RIP

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blurkom


Comments: 16
10.29.09


RIP

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JoshIsNumber3


Comments: 125
10.29.09


It's okay, she was Canadian.

Society Sellout


Comments: 265
10.29.09


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

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Lions


Comments: 683
10.29.09


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.

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Bleekill


Comments: 149
10.29.09


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


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JizzInMyPants


Comments: 728
10.29.09


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


Comments: 1358
10.29.09


just terrible. RIP

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thebbqshrimp


Comments: 1199
10.29.09


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.

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Badabanda


Comments: 17
10.29.09


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

bigguy69


Comments: 127
10.29.09


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

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thebbqshrimp


Comments: 1199
10.29.09


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

Jethro42


Comments: 158
10.29.09


*It's okay, she was Canadian

Is it okay if I'm Canadian too?

cheap one
Quelle bassesse!...

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MaskAtTheMasquerade


Comments: 550
10.29.09


super shitty

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bringonthebreakdown


Comments: 4248
10.29.09


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.

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Jethro42


Comments: 158
10.29.09


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

KILL3


Comments: 201
10.29.09


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

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SmurkinGherkin


Comments: 744
10.29.09


yeah lol

Jethro42


Comments: 158
10.29.09


not very bright indeed

pride


Comments: 28
10.29.09


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

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CrazyFool84


Comments: 633
10.29.09


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.

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BSX


Comments: 715
10.29.09


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

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Lambda


Comments: 191
10.29.09


RIP

ErasersAtBothEnds


Comments: 224
10.29.09


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.

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crush1214


Comments: 10
10.29.09


RIP

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strikey
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 3392
10.29.09


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

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Deviant1769


Comments: 1007
10.29.09


That's damn tragic RIP

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mutatedfreek


Comments: 2990
10.29.09

Album Rating: 2.5

wow, this is awful, RIP

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jrowa001


Comments: 7885
10.29.09


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

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Roach


Comments: 1071
10.29.09


bleep bleep

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Nikkolae


Comments: 630
10.29.09


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

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cjgone


Comments: 221
10.29.09


(((

cjgone


Comments: 221
10.29.09


=( R.I.P

NebSnurbPart2


Comments: 52
10.29.09


When I heard this, I laughed with rage.

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AmericnZero02


Comments: 1975
10.29.09


awful indeed. RIP

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CrazyGreg


Comments: 1154
10.29.09


Woah thats awful, R.I.P

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Josh D.


Comments: 6155
10.29.09


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


Not to be a stickler, but that's called instinct.

Anyway, sucks I guess.

Canada.

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robertsona


Comments: 2333
10.29.09


people trying to be funny in this thread are fucking stupid


r.i.p. scary as shit

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This Life is Genocide


Comments: 1984
10.29.09


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

rip
condolenses to the family.

that is absolutely no way to go out

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jimmyisjonny


Comments: 26
10.29.09


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

Powerban


Comments: 83
10.29.09


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.

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Demonicgman


Comments: 236
10.29.09


Must've smelled the menstrual blood.

Rip.

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cirq


Comments: 3755
10.29.09


Wow, that's horrible

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Ruminations


Comments: 3
10.29.09


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

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RamsesII


Comments: 39
10.29.09


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.

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Emim


Comments: 545
10.29.09


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


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gyromania1


Comments: 1912
10.29.09


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

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oalston


Comments: 74
10.30.09


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.

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Demonicgman


Comments: 236
10.30.09


^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


Comments: 1002
10.30.09


R.I.P :/

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The Sludge


Comments: 2074
10.30.09


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

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yetanotherprofile


Comments: 33
10.30.09


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


Comments: 26
10.30.09


^^^ 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


Comments: 921
10.30.09


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

gyromania1


Comments: 1912
10.30.09


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

Jonnyborg


Comments: 28
10.30.09


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

PuddlesPuddles


Comments: 1140
10.30.09


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

Titan50


Comments: 2610
10.30.09


fucking hell...

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NebSnurbPart2


Comments: 52
10.30.09


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

hitman02011


Comments: 606
10.30.09


R.I.P.

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AggravatedYeti


Comments: 1075
10.30.09


:'(

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maqwep


Comments: 921
10.30.09


"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


Comments: 28
10.30.09


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


Comments: 921
10.30.09


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


Comments: 834
10.30.09


^that

PuddlesPuddles


Comments: 1140
10.30.09


True Coyotes Don't Kill Men.

maqwep


Comments: 921
10.30.09


she was a woman

accompliceofmydeath


Comments: 834
10.30.09


no shit?

maqwep


Comments: 921
10.30.09


look at puddles comment

chambered89


Comments: 1819
10.30.09


very surreal, rip

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accompliceofmydeath


Comments: 834
10.30.09


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

zrosschristian


Comments: 146
10.30.09


Wow, that's sad.

RIP.

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FyreNail


Comments: 100
10.30.09


RIP
That's horrible, especially at her age

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Userword


Comments: 188
10.30.09


This is why you carry a gun when you're out in the wilderness. Or at least that's what I'm going to do, you need some type of weapon.

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oalston


Comments: 74
10.30.09


"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


Comments: 715
10.30.09


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

Tulannical


Comments: 1038
10.30.09


RIP that would suck

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MusiclessLifeless


Comments: 15
11.05.09


That sucks man... Poor girl, so young. =/

"Should have been Chad Kroeger"

My god... heh.

R6Rider


Comments: 1316
11.05.09


should have been Nickleback

this is so sad, RIP Taylor

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xNintendoCorex


Comments: 1204
11.05.09


woaah, horrible.

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Jethro42


Comments: 158
11.05.09


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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