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A Rhode Island hiker killed a rabid coyote with his bare hands after being attacked and bitten on the leg Friday, and officials believe the same coyote was involved in another attack on a human.

The man was hiking in the woods of Johnston, a town about 10 miles west of downtown Providence, when the attack occurred.

He pinned the animal down by the neck and cut off its air supply, Johnston police said. Officials did not publicly identify him.

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, or DEM, took the carcass to a testing facility where the Rhode Island State Health Laboratories, or RIDOH, confirmed the rabies diagnosis.

The same coyote is believed to have attacked a dog walker Thursday in nearby Scituate, DEM announced.

It is unusual for a coyote to attack a human under normal circumstances. It is only the third reported rabid coyote in Rhode Island since 1994, officials said.