A boar
Eyewitnesses said Gurubaria Naik along with a team of sweepers were engaged in cleaning the Swargadwar area at around 4.30 am.
Suddenly, a wild boar appeared and attacked two sweepers Urmila and Rohini. The animal ran away when other sweepers raised an alarm. The boar also attacked four persons who had ventured out for morning walk.
They are Amit Pradhan, Jitendra Kumar Jena, Ramesh Samantrai and M Ganaya. All the injured were rushed to the district headquarters hospital. The attending doctor said the injuries were minor and after first aid, the six persons were advised to go home.
Residents said this was the first such attack by a wild animal in the city. Forest officials could not be contacted.
Reader Comments
~ 5 years ago, I was out in the woods riding a bike and I apparently pissed off a boar which was grunting and trying (quite sucessfully) to scare me away.
Though I never saw him through the scrub palmetto, he was slamming into a oak or hickory that was probably about 6" in diameter & 30 feet high, and from smashing his tusks into the trunk, the top of the tree was swaying ~ 3 foot in either direction.
I was calmly saying, (after having already pulled my pistol) "It's cool Mr. Boar. It's all yours, I'm leaving, etc."
I left.
RC
Another time, I came across a sow and her 'litter?' - (has happened a lot)- but one of the baby pigs /piglets hoglets was CALICO!
RC
P.s., BB: My secretary's home was out in the woods and their yard would get absolutely attacked and rooted. I seem to recall some story about her having to rescue her dog from them.
Also, if you didn't see or read it, the followup to Silence of the Lambs, 'Hannibal' involved a plan to feed him to wild hogs.
RC