Coyotes are generally shy creatures who may pose a threat to household pets but are usually little threat to humans. That said, every once in a while coyotes will attack people. Here are some of the stories involving coyote attacks:

Coyote bites girl
In Essex County, New Jersey, an “aggressive” coyote bit a 13-year-old girl and her dog while the two were visiting a dog park near a nature reserve. The girl was taken to the hospital and treated for bites on her leg.(USA Today, 7-2-2023, p. 4B)

Rabid Coyote Attacks Girl At Bus Stop
In Tacolet, North Carolina, a 9-year-old-girl is recuperating after being attacked by a rabid coyote while waiting at the school bus stop.  Neighbors saw the incident and came out to help the girl.  Ashton Crowe, and she was able to run to safety.  A teenager kicked the coyote and held it down while his grandfather shot it.  The coyote later tested positive for rabies.  (USA Today, 2-15-2009, p 6A

Coyote Attack on Boy – 5-21-07
A 5-year-old Middletown, New Jersey boy was the victim of an odd attack Monday evening. Brayden Gazette was playing with his sister Sydney, in a yard across the street from their home, when a coyote bolted out from the woods and bit the child on his head. The animal startled and ran off when his sister Sydney screamed for help.

The boy received 46 stitches and two rabies shots following the attack. Though coyote attacks are extremely rare, (they are small game hunters and usually easily frightened by humans) authorities said this was the second such attack in Middletown in the past 2 months.