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You really need to read this article. Read the caption under the picture of the pig. I loved the part about the hogs keeping the residents indoors!!!! This must have been written by some city fellow who obviously knows nothing about wild animals. I hunt about everything that I can legally buy a tag for and I hunt with archery gear. In most states it is illegal to carry a firearm of any kind while archery hunting so when we are hunting the only thing we use for taking an animal or protecting ourselves is our archery tackle. I've harvested many hogs at less than 30’ with a compound bow and broadheads. Not a single time have I been attacked, charged, or felt threatened by a hog.
I've successfully hunted all the North American deer, Three different species of Elk, Grizzly in Alaska, black bear in Canada and mountain lion in the western mountains here at home. I've done all of this with a bow and arrow and I've made dinner out of them all. If you can't hear your heart beating every now and then life isn't worth living. I'm not only a hunter but have worked as a licensed guide for big game is several different states. When it comes to hunting/stalking and taking big game at close quarters I do know what I'm talking about but this author sure doesn't. What kind of a moron thinks that wild pigs make people hide in their houses? Only the local killer ground squirrels make me hide like that. This author is a stupid idiot on about ten different levels. If you have a pig out back don't hide from it put some sausage in the freezer!!!!!

What kind of a moron thinks that wild pigs make people hide in their houses?

A book I read that discussed some events in the Costa Rican jungle said that wild pigs travel single file through the jungle in a long line. It said that if you are hiding up a tree and can only pick off one pig, you had better shoot the last one in the line. If you shoot one of the earlier ones, the line of pigs will stop and you will never make it down from the tree alive.

BTW this book is supposed to be non-fiction and was enormously entertaining but I wouldn't doubt that that it contained some exaggeration. IIRC it was a best seller in France.