Hollywood Actor Injured After Saving His Dog From Coyote Attack
on Jan 26, 2022 • Updated Jan 15, 2025
39-year-old famous actor Travis Van Winkle from the TV show You was videoed bleeding after an encounter with some wild coyotes roaming around a park in a neighborhood he was walking in woth his dog.
“Way too close for comfort. Glad my little sweetie is okay. Luckily it went our way today,” Travis Van Winkle wrote on Instagram Sunday.
Travis said that the encounter took place at Griffith Park in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon while he was walking his dog to get some exercise for the day.
He described how he had to run and slide down a hill just to get to his beloved pet to save her from being viciously attacked by multiple aggressive coyotes.
After barely being able to save his dog, he recorded a video and shared it to Instagram showing his bleeding leg from sliding down the hill.
He also showed another video of two hungry coyotes standing on a hill together and the video was filmed shortly after the attack went down.
The coyotes lingered but eventually ventured off and continued on with their journey. In the Instagram video, Travis describes exactly what happened step by step and what was going through his mind. Check that out below!
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