LEXINGTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Lexington police are investigating after an attack from a large drooling pig sent a man to the hospital Thursday, officials said.
Officers responding to reports of an attack on a trail off Turning Mill Road at 1:45 p.m. were told a man was knocked down by a large pig.
“This animal could be sick, they think it was drooling,” dispatchers told police, according to a 911 call.
The man was taken to a nearby hospital and is expected to be OK. Police said they found the aggressive, 60-pound pig and killed it.
Officials said they think the pig was not wild but was dumped in the area. Janice Melvold, who lives nearby, said she’s never seen a feral pig in the forest.
“We see deer, I’ve seen occasionally coyotes … but never a pig,” Melvold said.
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