Police have issued a warning in Groveland after a coyote attacked local residents, including a father who was walking with his 4-year-old daughter, on Monday.Watch the reportJon McPherson had just arrived home and was walking up a sidewalk with his daughter when the coyote latched onto his leg and wouldn't let go."At first I thought, 'Oh my God. I just got bit by a dog,'" he said. "I turned around and it was a big coyote. Probably waist-high. I was like, 'Get out of here!'"McPherson said shouting at the animal didn't work."He wasn't afraid of me in the slightest," McPherson said.That's when he hit the animal with a bag full of groceries."I clocked him with the bag, he kind of shook his head a little bit and moved into the side yard," McPherson said.After ripping apart the bag, the coyote took off for the woods behind Manor Drive, but minutes later it emerged on nearby Gardner Street.A man on that street said the coyote didn't seem to have any fear."The behavior of the coyote in these incidents is very unusual," Groveland police Sgt. Dwight McDonald said. "Coyotes usually run from humans."The coyote should be considered rabid and dangerous, police said. Any contact with the animal will require medical attention.