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Taking up reluctant residence in a condo complex parkade might have mimicked a hapless Wile E Coyote.

But the presence of a coyote stranded in the underground car park of the Gateway Southcentre condos at 11811 Lake Fraser Dr. S.E. had the site’s management raising the alarm about the unwanted guest.

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“It has been reported there is a coyote trapped in the residential parkade!!!” stated a notice on the community’s website dated last Friday.

“Please proceed with caution and do not approach the animal!!”

Warning signs were also posted around the complex.

A complaint from the 500-unit complex was received Saturday evening by the Calgary Fire Department, who are more accustomed to rescuing felines from rooftops.

But the firefighters quickly found their skittish quarry in the concrete confines of the parkade, said department spokeswoman Carol Henke.

“We did respond to a call of a coyote that was trapped somehow in the underground visitors’ part of the parkade,” she said. “It had gotten into a fenced-off area and was shaking and scared.”