Rampant Wild Boar Surprises Couple in Bed

Reuters / Yahoo ^ | 04/16/2003

[dighton]

BERLIN (Reuters) - A rampaging wild boar wrecked an elderly German couple’s afternoon nap when it broke into their house and leapt into bed with them before biting the man and fleeing, police said on Wednesday. “The boar expended considerable criminal energy in committing this act,” said Ute Bort, spokeswoman for police in Minden-Luebbecke in western Germany.

Eyewitnesses told police the boar crashed through the glass door of the apartment building at high speed in Espelkamp before ramming open the couple’s front door and leaving a trail of its blood in the unscheduled tour of their ground-floor apartment.

Police and local authorities conducted a search but gave up after no trace could be found of the errant swine, who they described as “of medium stature and build.” The 71-year-old man was not seriously injured.

[dighton]

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[Robert A Cook PE]

Just goes to confirm "All males are pigs."

[WillVoteForFood]

The boar was frothing at the mouth saying "Lockbox, Lockbox!!!". Would have put us back to sleep, except it kept trying to tongue my wife, whispering "Tipper, Tipper".

[anniegetyourgun]

And some are just bores.....

[mhking]

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

[Psycho_Bunny]

The boar expended considerable criminal energy in committing this act

I'm trying to figure out which is funnier: the boar or that statement.

[mewzilla]

Bubba's in Berlin?!

[Tribune7]

Wow, that's hog wild.

[Cyber Liberty]

I have an alibi.

[B-Chan]

The 71-year-old man was not seriously injured.

Maybe not, but I'll bet his matress has a stain that'll NEVER come out...

[Billy_bob_bob]

No, that would be a bore. This was a boar.

[Bigg Red]

...broke into their house and leapt into bed with them..

Is I-x42 touring Europe again?

[mewzilla]

I know. I'm of the opinion that Bubba is indeed a pig.

[RooRoobird14]

Did you see the photo that appeared with the story in Yahoo News? It looked exactly like "Babe," the adorable baby pig--not exactly a rampaging European wild boar. LOL!!!

[avg_freeper]

If I had a nickel for every time this happened to me...

[VadeRetro]

A Groonie-pig! (So-called from the Grünewald, a large park area in the West.) I used to marvel when I was stationed in Berlin, 72-74. Some of them get about as big and ugly and humpbacked as buffalo, but generally stay out of trouble.

[Hatteras]

"Police and local authorities conducted a search but gave up after no trace could be found of the errant swine, who they described as “of medium stature and build.”"

I don't think that was a picture of the perp. They probably threw in a picture of 'Babe' just to gussy up the article.

[KarlInOhio]

But it is from Reuters so accuracy is not only unneeded, it is an actual impediment to the story.

[TomHarkinIsNotFromIowa]

Probably an Arkansas Razorback.

[RooRoobird14]

You'd think they'd come up with a better picture, though. European wild boars are a scary looking compared to a baby white farm pig.