Wild boar saga ends as beast found dead near Chippenham (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)
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Car hit boar after birthday celebration at Neeld Arms Inn, Grittleton
3:53pm Thursday 24th January 2013 in News By Julie Armstrong, Senior reporter
A wild boar similar to the one found dead near the Allington Farm Shop
A wild boar spotted several times around Chippenham this month has been found dead where it was hit by a car.
An accidental collision with the boar on the A420 on Thursday night happened after David Beard, 50, had been celebrating his birthday at the Neeld Arms Inn, Grittleton.
He was being driven home to Chippenham when the boar ran out into the road.
The accident happened near the Allington Farm Shop at 10.45pm and was reported to police on Friday.
Mr Beard suffered a broken nose when the airbag activated.
He said: “There was nothing there at all and the next thing I knew it was just standing there, it was quite huge.”
He and the driver were unable to find the boar in the dark but went looking for it yesterday after the snow cleared and found it's body.
“Poor thing lying in a ditch, it’s very sad,” he said.
“It is about five feet long and two feet tall. It did an awful lot of damage to the car.
“It was a really good day and then that - what a way to end it.”
Earlier this month dog walker Paul Gardner, of Brook Street, Chippenham, said he came across a wild boar between Sheldon School and Chippenham Football Club.
He said: "It started charging towards me and I screamed like a girl.”
Mr Gardner's scare came after several sightings the week before.
Police received calls saying a wild boar was on the loose on the A420 and one was spotted near the Allington Farm Shop.
Comments(17)
mydogsmells
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7:21pm Thu 24 Jan 13
Mrs Donnyfly
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8:40pm Thu 24 Jan 13
Yer Tis wrote:perhaps it tells us more of the boar's hiding skill.
"Six officers searched for the boar but could not find it." reported yesterday, so what does that tell us about the police efficiency.
Oh but as usual they wont want to comment!
Grumpy & Old
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9:09pm Thu 24 Jan 13
There must be 2.....!
Locksmith
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10:16pm Thu 24 Jan 13
greendoors
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9:48am Fri 25 Jan 13
beetawix
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11:22am Fri 25 Jan 13
greendoors wrote:I know. What is more the readers are all struggling to understand what "found it is body" means.
I know its pedantic but, please, reporters learn when to and when not to use an apostrophe in conjunction with "its". In the article the reporter is saying "found it is body"
beetawix
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11:27am Fri 25 Jan 13
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David's birthday or the boar's birthday?
The.Central.Scrutinizer
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1:21pm Fri 25 Jan 13
neiljenkins
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5:57pm Fri 25 Jan 13
escapedsouth20
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9:53pm Fri 25 Jan 13
hitro
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9:51am Sat 26 Jan 13
shed
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10:32am Sat 26 Jan 13
greendoors
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7:45pm Sat 26 Jan 13
beetawix
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1:35am Sun 27 Jan 13
greendoors wrote:do you know, I never noticed.
Guess what. I missed out the apostrohe in the third word of my Friday post. Oops!
You missed it did you. I expect the reporter missed it too and you told him/her to learn usage!
Guess what. You missed a p in the seventh word of your Saturday post.
chips-in-ham
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4:20pm Mon 28 Jan 13
beetawix wrote:Guess what? Not guess what.
greendoors wrote:do you know, I never noticed.
Guess what. I missed out the apostrohe in the third word of my Friday post. Oops!
You missed it did you. I expect the reporter missed it too and you told him/her to learn usage!
Guess what. You missed a p in the seventh word of your Saturday post.
beetawix
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8:41am Thu 31 Jan 13
Guess what? Not guess what.
"Guess what" was not a question.
Yer Tis says...
5:13pm Thu 24 Jan 13
Oh but as usual they wont want to comment!