Many a lurid tale is told of people encountering dangerous critters; sharks, bears, and the like account for most of these tales of danger and derring-do. But an invasive critter in the United States may be more dangerous to humans than most of the more traditionally threatening beasts – feral swine.
Officials up and down the country are warning of a ‘feral swine bomb’ due to an explosion in the population of wild hogs, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported.
Wild hogs, an invasive species of pig first brought to Florida by Spanish settlers in the 1500s, have now been seen in at least 35 states and are destroying farmers’ crops, tearing up gardens and, in some cases, even attacking humans.
One longtime animal trapper, Craig Greene, recalled a terrifying encounter with the wild pigs in 2008. He described hiding in his own three-feet tall cage, knowing there was no one nearby to…
