{"id":859,"date":"2024-12-27T17:03:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T18:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=859"},"modified":"2025-03-11T23:10:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T23:10:55","slug":"wild-boar-wreaks-havoc-after-sneaking-into-supermarket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/27\/wild-boar-wreaks-havoc-after-sneaking-into-supermarket\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild boar wreaks havoc after sneaking into supermarket"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"388\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22259451 lazyload\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SEC_234353475-526c.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The boar didn\u2019t injure anyone, but caused chaos (Picture: SWNS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shoppers were startled when they saw a wild boar perusing the supermarket aisles.<\/p>\n<p>Customers at Super Point Hypermarket in Kerala, India, were doing their normal shopping when a surprise visitor entered the premises. <\/p>\n<p>A wild boar managed to enter the shop and began jumping on carefully set-up displays on <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/christmas\/\">Christmas<\/a> Eve. <\/p>\n<p>Terrified shoppers called the Kahangad Fire Department to help the situation, but even they couldn\u2019t coax the boar out of the shop.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the animal spotted a way out and ran outside, to the relief of shoppers and employees. <\/p>\n<p>A fire department official said the boar caused panic, but luckily, no one was hurt.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"379\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22259436 lazyload\" alt=\"Wild boar on the loose inside supermarket store in Kerala, India, on December 24 2024. Release date December 27 2024. Chaotic video shows a WILD BOAR which snuck into a supermarket - and jumps on shopping displays. Super Point Hypermarket in Kerala, India got a surprise visitor on December 24 - a wild boar. Hilarious video, released by Kahangad Fire and Rescue, shows the animal wandering around the store. It can even be seen hopping over aisles and jumping on displays.\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SEI_234339792-d19e.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>After sniffing around for a bit, the boar returned to the forest (Picture: SWNS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Five\u00a0wild\u00a0boars were spotted \u2018on a night out\u2019 as they strolled past a town <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/10\/04\/five-wild-boars-spotted-strolling-a-night-out-town-21738581\/\">centre pub earlier this year in Gloucestershire. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Britain has a burgeoning\u00a0boar\u00a0population in areas such as the Forest of Dean \u2013 where one man had his finger bitten off by one.<\/p>\n<p>The pigs there have been attacking pets, dog walkers and have even learned when bin day is \u2013 so they can come into urban areas and rummage for food.<\/p>\n<p>In England, boars were hunted to extinction 700 years ago but became established again in the Forest in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Wild\u00a0boar\u00a0are stocky, powerful animals covered in bristly hair that can vary from dark brown to gingery brown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The boar didn\u2019t injure anyone, but caused chaos (Picture: SWNS) Shoppers were startled when they saw a wild boar perusing the supermarket aisles. Customers at Super Point Hypermarket in Kerala, India, were doing their normal shopping when a surprise visitor entered the premises. 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