First i thought he was the coyote or somthing like that.now im not sure

honestly I think it's all a metaphor
but that chapter where he shot the coyote and todd came back with an injury in the same place felt really indicative of him being the coyote to me
like if not for that I woulda just assumed it's a story metaphor but ????

Well the tags were nonhuman (but they were also purelove etc so i dont know if i believe them haha)
Guess we wait and see