Did the event in Jim's foreword actually happen?

Question

In Jim Butcher's foreword in the short story collection *Shadowed Souls*, he discusses an event in which a pack of coyotes surrounds his home in an attempt to prey on his pet dog.This story seems a bit farfetched to be real, and I wouldn't put it past Jim to make up such a story just to have a little bit of umph for a book. So, has Jim Butcher expressed whether this story about the coyotes is real, made up, or somewhere in between? If it is made up, does he explain WHY he made it up?

Answer 1

I THINK THIS IS A TRUE EVENT