It was a bit too easy for this woman to convince her husband she adopted a coyote

"I'm going to bring him inside. He seems cold."
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Chloe Bryan
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Convincing your husband that you brought a wild coyote into your home should not be an easy prank.

And yet.

Kayla Eby, a woman living in Oregon -- where, granted, there are a lot of coyotes -- was able to pull off this barking good gag quite easily. All she needed was a quick Photoshop job and a few pro-coyote text messages.

It all began when Eby sent a random image of a coyote to her unwitting husband. "I found this cute little dog outside ... he doesn't have tags or anything," she texted.

"I'm going to bring him inside. He seems cold," she added.

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Eby also made it appear as though the coyote was chilling out with their young child, perhaps watching a fun movie like Finding Dory or Coyote Ugly.

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Eby's husband did not take the news well. Here are a few highlights from his verbose, extremely capitalized reaction.

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Anyway, do you guys think they're going to get a dog for Christmas?

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Chloe Bryan

Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.

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