Tim Regan never noticed coyotes or wild dogs in Highland Park. But in 2017, he walked past an old rail yard that was once part of the St. Paul Ford Motor Co. site, which had closed years earlier and was being torn down.

“And I turned around and there was this coyote there,” he said.

He quickly went home to get his camera, and when he came back, it was still lounging.

“And then I just started seeing them,” Regan said. “They’re kind of everywhere if you look for them.” He didn’t stop photographing, either. Since 2017, he’s been chronicling the “Highland dogs,” learning their behaviors and assessing common misconceptions people have about them.

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