I had a backcountry encounter with a lone coyote years ago. I was eating lunch and he came by to inspect. After each of us making eye contact from a non-threatening distance he moved on about his business. They aren't big, tangling with an adult human wouldn't make any sense.
While bike touring critters are never a concern for me. I've never heard, firsthand, of any touring cyclist being harmed by a wild animal.
The real danger for bicycle-tourists are cars, trucks, and RV's. I do know firsthand of cyclists' deaths & injuries by those wheeled-monsters.
Last edited by BigAura; 02-27-19 at 10:18 AM.