Wild boar bites beachgoer in Genoa: “Nothing like this has ever happened” | Abroad

“I found myself on the beach, sitting on my towel,” Padoan Falcone told La Repubblica. “I was enjoying a refreshing breeze when a wild boar appeared next to me. I kept quiet – this is what they advise – but then the behemoth came up to me and bit my arm.”

The Italian woman said she had just eaten a pizza when the “rather large” boar appeared. “I thought he was drawn to the food and that he would try to open the cardboard box with some leftovers,” she explained. “But the animal bit me instead.”

At that Padoan Falcone yelled. She was helped by another beachgoer, while others fled in panic. The injured woman was taken to hospital, where she was given antibiotics and other medications in addition to a tetanus shot.

While it’s not the first time wild boars have ventured onto Genoa’s beach — in June a trio of boars attempted to steal food from a table — it’s believed to be the first time someone has actually been bitten. “Nothing like this has ever happened.”

“It is unacceptable that citizens and beachgoers are at such a risk here,” Padoan Falcone said. “I was on a beach with a couple sitting next to me with a child in a pram. What if the boar had bitten the child? That beach is also accessible to people with disabilities – why put them in danger? There must be supervision here,” the woman concluded.

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