Smithtown caller reports seeing wolves, Suffolk police say

A 911 caller reported seeing “two wolves” near Haig Place in Smithtown early Thursday, but responding Suffolk County police officers have been unable to locate the animals.

Police said the call was received at about 7 a.m. The caller reported having seen the wolves about an hour earlier, police said.

Wolves were once common in New York State, but now are rare according to literature from the state Department of Environmental Conservation. There have been recent coyote sightings on Long Island, however, as far east as Bridgehampton, according to the DEC.

Haig Place is near the Smithtown-Kings Park border and borders Cy Donnelly Park.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”