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Bizarre: Chiefs DB Joshua Williams investigates rumors of coyote attack before Super Bowl LVIII

Rumors of a coyote attack at Lake Las Vegas swirled ahead of the matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII.

The Las Vegas Locally account on X (formerly Twitter) claimed that an unnamed player had a run-in with a wild canid earlier this week. Kansas City’s second-year defensive back Joshua Williams was tasked with getting to the bottom of the bizarre claim.

In a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday, Williams can be seen asking his teammates if they were part of the incident:

He wasn’t able to solve the mystery of the coyote attack in this clip. According to The Sun, police in Henderson, Nevada, looked into the claim and found no evidence.

“Our office has received multiple inquiries reference an alleged coyote attack/bite in the Lake Las Vegas area involving a professional athlete,” Henderson police said in a statement.

“Our office has has no record or report of any incident involving a coyote nor a professional athlete.”

Fans should stay tuned to find out whether the odd rumor is cause for concern ahead of Super Bowl LVIII or if it was just fodder for social media.

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