Video: Father Jumps To Action, Saves 2-Year-Old Daughter From Predator
Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC
A Los Angeles, California father was captured on home surveillance footage protecting his young daughter from a wild animal as it tried to drag her away from the family’s front yard.
KTLA talked with the father, Ariel Eliyahuo, who explained he’d gotten home from preschool and let his daughter out of the car when he heard a scream while he reached into the vehicle to grab a toy.
Ariel instantly darted around the car and shouted at a coyote who had his daughter’s leg in its mouth.
When the brave dad screamed, the wild dog let go of the girl, the father picked her up and continued yelling at the animal.
While he held his daughter, the father threw objects at the coyote until it finally left the area.
The girl’s mother told KTLA, “For a second, he [Ariel] just turned inside the car and he just heard her screaming and he didn’t see the coyote, he thought she fell. So he ran over and he saw the coyote.”
The mom said the baby girl has some scratches on her face from being dragged and “has a lot of scratches on her left leg,” adding, “one of them is really deep.”
The family had to take the child to the ER and get her rabies shots.
It is allegedly normal for citizens in the area to see coyotes in their neighborhood, and the Eliyahuos are hoping local officials can do something about the dangerous pests.