On the one hand, people referred to the mysterious predator as "The horrible beast". On the other, it was a polite beast, regurgitating clothing and largely-digested bones on the very doorstep of the person it had eaten. That made it quite easy to figure out what had happened to the victim, though naturally the funerals were always closed casket.

Eventually the disappearances stopped, whether because it had moved on or simply grew tired of eating people. Despite the best efforts of the community it was never caught...possibly because it simply never occurred to anyone that a skinny, dog-sized coyote was swallowing people three or four times its weight whole.