A herd of wild boars has thwarted a suspected car thief’s getaway in northern Germany.

Police in Schwerin, Germany, say the 18-year-old abandoned a stolen SUV he was driving Thursday after failing to shake off a chasing patrol car by driving into a field.

Police nabbed his passenger immediately. But they say the driver initially got away by running into nearby woods.

Officers then heard the fugitive shouting for help - he had run into a herd of angry wild boars that were keen to protect their young.

Police freed the man from the boars and took him into custody.

Wild boars are a common sight in forested areas of northern Germany.

They often make themselves at home in residential neighborhoods, too, uprooting gardens and annoying homeowners.

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=149002&in_page_id=2

Maybe the boars should be issued with little deputies’ badges, that would attach to their bristles in a Velcro-like fashion.

You want to volunteer to get close enough to stick the badge on, be my guest. I, however, am allergic to big tusks.

Those suckers are vicious.  I wouldn’t want to be tangling with one of them.

gray - 23 May 2008 06:22 AM

Those suckers are vicious.  I wouldn’t want to be tangling with one of them.

Yeah, they were a problem back in my younger days.  Mean critters.  Standard procedure when dealing with them is to run away screaming in terror and climb the nearest tree.  Shooting them would often only make them even more ornery.

When I was living in Germany there were a couple of gasthofs in the area that specialized in wild game.  You had to order at least a week ahead of time so they could go out and hunt one down.  Every now and then someone had to settle for schnitzel when they couldn’t track down a wild boar.