A 9-year-old child was attacked by a coyote that snagged a sock off the youngster who was playing a game of hide-and-seek in Oregon, according to authorities.

The 9-year-old and a 3-year-old were “playing hide-and-seek in their yard” when a wayward coyote approached them and chomped on the older child’s foot last week in Alameda, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department said in a press release.

The coyote then chased the 9-year-old until the child’s father, who was on the front porch, yelled at the rogue animal and scared it off, authorities said. //

Dave Keiter, a district wildlife biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, told KATU the attack was a “very unusual incident.”

“The vast majority of encounters with coyotes are entirely benign,” Keiter told the outlet.

Alameda residents have been “strongly encouraged” to supervise their young children playing outside and to scare away coyotes by yelling, using airhorns, and creating other loud noises.