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Wild boar subdued after charging patron at Morgan Co. gas station
AL.com ^
| 7-23-2018
| Anna Beahm
Posted on 07/23/2018 8:30:04 PM PDT by boycott
A wild boar was ultimately subdued after it tried to attack a customer at a gas station in Priceville early Monday morning, Priceville police said.
Decatur officers initially responded to a report of a wild boar charging a patron at the Chevron gas station on Point Mallard Parkway Southeast around 3 a.m., police said. The Chevron station is within the Decatur police jurisdiction. The animal then ran to the Mapco gas station and into Priceville police jurisdiction.
Officers spent about 30 minutes chasing the animal through a field near the Comfort Inn, and across Highway 67, police said. Officers eventually blocked traffic in attempt to safely catch the animal. However, a Priceville officer fatally shot the animal to "keep it from causing any more damage," police said.
"It was an aggressive, wild boar," Priceville Acting Chief Rick Williams told AL.com. Officers said the wild boar weighed nearly 350 pounds. Animal control officials had to use a backhoe to remove it from the scene.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: alabama; chat; localnews; priceville; shot; wildboar; wildlife
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I wouldn't want a wild boar charging after me.
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:30:04 PM PDT
by
boycott
To: boycott
Was the Boar parked in a Handicap Space?
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:30:58 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
To: boycott
was the boar overcharging?
To: boycott
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:31:38 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
To: boycott
Did Decatur officers pursue the boar outside of their jurisdiction?
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:31:50 PM PDT
by
TexasGator
(Z1)
To: boycott
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:32:07 PM PDT
by
blackdog
To: boycott
They have been known to maul men to death.
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:32:13 PM PDT
by
txrefugee
To: RitchieAprile
was the boar overcharging?
If it’s after me, it’s overcharging.
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:33:19 PM PDT
by
boycott
To: TexasGator
The police did seem concerned about jurisdiction. This hog just entered the wrong jurisdiction.
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:34:33 PM PDT
by
boycott
To: boycott
Subdued? More like shot and killed. Wordsmithers are a cancer.
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:34:43 PM PDT
by
blackdog
To: txrefugee
They have been known to mall men to death.
You obviously know my wife.
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:36:25 PM PDT
by
blackdog
To: boycott
I thought it said wild bore and wondered what has Hillary done now.
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:36:46 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
To: boycott
What did the patron do to offend Rosie?
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:37:20 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: boycott
Was it Hogg?
(He's wildly boring.)
To: txrefugee
They’re great truffle hunters.
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:39:41 PM PDT
by
daler
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
If Hillary had won I would have wanted to boar a hole in my head.
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:40:37 PM PDT
by
jdsteel
(Americans are Dreamers too!!!)
To: boycott
Headline:
Wild boar subdued after charging patron at Morgan Co. gas station If only he had paid cash instead of charging, he may have had a happier end.
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:41:53 PM PDT
by
fidelis
(Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
To: boycott
How does one stop a wild boar from charging?
Take away his credit card.
Rimshot.
L
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:42:32 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
To: fidelis
Did anyone mention ccw helps even if the agressor is a wild hog. Cant believe the New York Times didnt report a pig shoots a boar. Hurray for the officer.
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:47:01 PM PDT
by
Equine1952
(Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought.)
To: boycott
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posted on
07/23/2018 8:49:01 PM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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