Wild boar subdued after charging patron at gas station

24 July 2018, 08:46

Full story and more pictures here: Wild boar subdued after charging patron at gas station

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Decatur officers initially responded to a report of a wild boar charging a patron at the Chevron gas station on Point Mallard Parkway Southeast around 3 a.m., police said. The Chevron station is within the Decatur police jurisdiction. The animal then ran to the Mapco gas station and into Priceville police jurisdiction.

Officers spent about 30 minutes chasing the animal through a field near the Comfort Inn, and across Highway 67, police said. Officers eventually blocked traffic in attempt to safely catch the animal. However, a Priceville officer fatally shot the animal to "keep it from causing any more damage," police said.

"It was an aggressive, wild boar," Priceville Acting Chief Rick Williams told AL.com. Officers said the wild boar weighed nearly 350 pounds. Animal control officials had to use a backhoe to remove it from the scene.

24 July 2018, 19:22

Crazyhorseconsulting

You should put this up in the hog hunting section.

Pretty wild situation.

24 July 2018, 19:22

Ole Miss Guy

Did not know we had feral hogs in N Ala. Not a good thing.
Wonder if he was just pricing $ of regular?

27 July 2018, 08:35

NormanConquest

Bubba we have hogs EVERYWHERE.My preacher is a hunter + also knows where there are folks in need. He kills several + delivers to those folks.Different kind of preacher perhaps but I like his truth in REAL sermon.

29 July 2018, 03:41

Gatogordo

I think someone had his thumb on the scales.

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29 July 2018, 07:05

larryshores

Seems like a very strange story to me. I have seen a lot of hogs in my life. I have killed a hell of a lot of hogs in my life. I have never seen or heard of one acting like this.

350? Maybe I need to weigh my hogs there.