Holy crap!

Coyote wanders into downtown Chicago sub shop!

A wily coyote with a nose for toasted subs wandered into a Quizno's restaurant in the heart of the Loop Tuesday afternoon.

As CBS 2’s Dana Kozlov reports, the coyote is now in the care of Animal Control, much to the relief of employees at the sandwich shop.

The incident occurred at about 2 p.m. Monday. Employees say the shop's door was propped open due to the warm weather, and the coyote just wandered in and settled into the cooler.

"I jumped on top of the counter. I was a little scared. I didn't know what it was, though until I came from over the counter and it was a coyote,” said employee Ronneshia Mukes.

While mukes stayed on the counter, other employees watched the coyote try to get through an employee door as Raymundo Zavala held him off.

"It’s not in my job description, though, but yeah it was pretty odd,” Zavala said.

The animal then settled into a drink cooler, where it just sat.

"It didn't do anything, it wasn't growling or anything like that. I think it was just hurt and trying to find shelter,” said employee Bina Patel.

In the end, it took Animal Control worker Forest Drake just a few minutes to get the coyote out.

”They said it was in the Quiznos and of course I didn't believe it, and then of course you see all of this," Drake said.

When asked what he said to dispatch when they told him about the incident, he said only: "10-4."

Just another day on the job for Forest Drake.

The coyote is now being cared for at the city's shelter.

"He's approximately a year, year and a half old, and he's scared,” said Chicago veterinarian technician Jose Tapia.

"I think he wandered away from his mother and was looking for food and or refuge,” said Anne Kent, executive director of Animal Care and Control.

To be sure, a coyote in the city is unusual. But at Animal Care and Control, there are all kinds of animals.

All are looked over by a vet. In this coyote's case, he will be heading to a wildlife refuge soon.

"He will be taken to northern Illinois and released,” Kent said.

No one - including the coyote - was hurt Tuesday afternoon.

My guess is, in the future, employees will leave the front door closed.

Coyotes are no longer strangers to urban environments. They are crafty survivors, always on the hunt for food, and sometimes that means stalking pets.

Last April a coyote mauled a dog in a parking lot in Lincolnwood. That same month a coyote led Chicago animal control officers on a wild chase in Portage Park. Coyotes have even gotten in the way of planes at O’Hare Airport

And if that weren't enough, giant squid are attacking California!

They are deadly, huge and fast moving. Their tentacles can suck the life out of a human being and they've arrived in Northern California.

They are giant squid. Nobody knows why, but for three years now fishing boats out of Bodega Bay have been catching the ink spewing fish by the droves.

"They feed like a pack of wolves, and what they'll do is they will force their prey to the surface," said sport fisherman Rick Powers. "And they just get themselves into an absolute feeding frenzy. These things are literally eating machines."

And they are huge. In a photo taken by Powers, his 9-year-old daughter stands next to a squid longer than she is tall.

"They get up to about 100 pounds, (and) eight feet long! Eight feet of fighting fury," Powers said.

Giant squid make for good eating. They can be broiled, baked, fried or barbecued. And are considered a delicacy. Just know they are also cannibalistic.

And just why are the squid off Bay Area waters when they usually live off the coast of Mexico and Peru?

"We think its due to warm water," said Karl Menard, Aquatic Resources Manager for UC Davis' Bodega Marine Laboratory.

CBS asked Menard if the giant squid attacks people. "They've been known to attack people, in Mexico and down in Central America," he said. "But we have had no attacks here."

CBS then asked Menard what makes the giant squid particularly nasty. "They're just an aggressive squid," he explained.

But, apparently they make for great sport fishing.

"They are the most exciting thing to catch in the ocean," Powers said.

Thousands were spotted along the coast up until about two weeks ago. But all of a sudden the jumbo squid were gone. Nobody knows where they went, north or south. But chances are, the way the weather has been changing the last few years, they will be back.

Although I think we'll have to file the latter story under our special "Mmmmmmmm, calamari" tag.