SWAMPSCOTT, MA — Police said someone was bitten by a coyote Saturday night in the woods between Burpee Road and the upper Jackson Field. Boston 25 reports the victim is 17 and was taken to North Shore Medical Center.

Swampscott and Environmental Police searched the woods but could not find the coyote.

"We urge residents to use extreme caution in any wooded area in town," police said. Swampscott