NASHVILLE, Tennessee -- A coyote sprinted past a security checkpoint and into a Nashville convention center where a boat show was packing up Sunday night.
According to the Music City Center, at around 10:20 p.m. the coyote entered through a loading area and ran into an exhibit hall before staff trapped it in a bathroom.
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Police and animal control officers used a catch pole to capture the animal, which was released in a wooded area.
Metro Animal Care and Control Director Lauren Bluestone said coyote encounters are becoming more common in Nashville as the city expands.
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Bluestone said, "I don't want to say coyotes in bathrooms are going to become the norm, but because of intrusion into their habitat, it's going to be close living."