Wild boar scatters French Christmas shoppers: police

**Jezza** · #1 (**permalink**) 12-23-2007, 03:37 AM

POITIERS, France (AFP) - It was no bull in a china shop, but a wild boar rampaged through a clothes shop in western France on Saturday before being felled by bullets, police said.

Christmas shoppers and employees were evacuated from the store and the 90-kilo (198-pound) boar began charging at police, before falling in a hail of bullets early in the afternoon.

Just how the animal entered the shop, located in a commercial area near the city of Poitiers, remains a mystery. But three boars were spotted during the day in the region bordering the countryside, a police statement said.

The other two apparently returned to their usual habitat.

Local forest service officials believe the boars are part of a larger group they are trying to relocate which have been spotted in the region, the statement said.

Source: Wild boar scatters French Christmas shoppers: police - Yahoo! News UK

**Purple Dragon** · #2 (**permalink**) 12-26-2007, 08:16 AM

hope they did not kill it ,hope it was stun gun..

**The Chump** · #3 (**permalink**) 12-26-2007, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Jezza

falling in a hail of bullets early in the afternoon.

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Originally Posted by Purple Dragon

hope they did not kill it ,hope it was stun gun..

I've got news for yah - stun guns don't have bullets

**Purple Dragon** · #4 (**permalink**) 12-26-2007, 11:11 AM

ahhhh poor boar,he probably just wanted to do his xmas shopping

**TATTOOED_1_ONE** · #5 (**permalink**) 12-26-2007, 01:38 PM

Now he was Xmas dinner....

**mommysalomi** · #6 (**permalink**) 12-27-2007, 06:04 AM

@ Tattoo !!! So true

**Morty** · #7 (**permalink**) 12-30-2007, 04:04 PM

Where exactly is the link to the video?

**WillRiker** · #8 (**permalink**) 12-30-2007, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Morty

Where exactly is the link to the video?

Hmmmm..my guess is that in his excitement of Christmas approaching when he made the post..he screwed up and used the wrong icon.

Shame though as video would have been awesome.

**Morty** · #9 (**permalink**) 12-31-2007, 06:34 AM

Ya. I was excited reading the article and really wanted to see a boar running around. Oh well. Just have to imagine irondog doing the exorcist crab-walk with his hairy torso freaking out the crowds. hahaa