PRODUCTION on hit TV series The OC screeched to a halt when loud screams were heard from star Mischa Barton's dressing-room trailer.

Crew members ran to the rescue to find pretty brunette Barton, 20, and her co-star Rachel Bilson screaming and pointing in panic at a hungry-looking coyote who had sneaked in to feast on the girls' leftovers.

Luckily crew were able to coax the wild animal out of the trailer and chase it off the set and back into the Malibu hills.

That'll teach those skinny girls not to polish off their dinner.