{"id":5614,"date":"2023-11-28T12:02:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T17:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=5614"},"modified":"2023-11-28T12:02:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T17:02:55","slug":"jesse-watters-discusses-freak-hiking-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/jesse-watters-discusses-freak-hiking-accident\/njackson\/2023\/11\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Watters Discusses Freak Hiking Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fox News host\u00a0Jesse Watters\u00a0was attacked by a dog over Thanksgiving&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday,\u00a0Watters\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/dog-bites-jesse-watters-in-the-groin-two-weeks-after-he-revealed-he-got-rid-of-another-dog\/\">told<\/a> viewers he had been approached by a woman and her \u201cbig dog\u201d during a hike in a nature preserve:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We\u2019re on a tight part of the trail and I notice the dog\u2019s all wet, and she\u2019s like, \u201cOh, this my dog, you know, kind of wet, he just swam in the pond,\u201d and I\u2019m thinking, this is kind of crazy. You\u2019re letting your dog swim in a pond, 37 degrees in a nature preserve? That\u2019s my first clue. Second clue, woman\u2019s kind of struggling to hold the dog on the leash.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>He continued, \u201cThe dog comes by, and I\u2019m trying to back up, just give her a little room\u2013 dog bites me. Twice. Nips my groin and takes a chunk out of my hand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watters then ordered the camera to zoom in on his hand, which showed signs of a clear bite mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cSee it? Zoom in on that. Zoom in. And I never like to show pain, I never say ouch,\u201d he said, before adding, \u201cI mean, thank God she bit\u00a0<em>me<\/em>. She didn\u2019t bite someone litigious like\u00a0Judge Jeanine. She would have been tied up in court for a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Watters then claimed, \u201cI could tell she was a Democrat because when I pulled into the preserve in my car, there was Subaru Outback. Dead giveaway. Plus, she didn\u2019t recognize me.\u201d He concluded, \u201cSo that was my Thanksgiving. 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