Terrified locals run for their lives as a wild boar charges through a busy pedestrian street in a Chinese city
- Footage shows the wild boar bolting towards the crowd on a busy river-walk
- Terrified residents in Sichuan can be heard screaming while scurrying for cover
- The animal is said to have escaped the police chase after it swam across the river
This is the dramatic moment a wild boar stormed through a busy street in China while screaming pedestrians fled for their lives.
Social media footage shows the beast charging towards the crowd as the horrified locals scurried for safety on a riverwalk in Sichuan Province, south-western China.
The animal eventually escaped after it swam across the river and disappeared in the mountains during a police chase, an officer told local media.
This is the dramatic moment a wild boar stormed through a busy street on Sunday morning in Sichuan Province, south-western China while screaming pedestrians fled for their lives
The authorities were called to the scene on Sunday morning after the wild boar wandered to the pedestrian street in Dazhou.
Footage obtained by Sichuan TV station shows the animal running down a flight of stairs before racing towards a throng of visitors, including children, on the river-walk.
Many locals can be heard screaming while running for their lives, trying to dodge the beast charging past them.
Others appeared to remain calm while holding their phones to capture the shocking incident.
One onlooker can be heard saying in the clip: ‘How scary, look at this wild boar.’
Social media footage shows the beast charging towards the crowd as the horrified locals scurried for safety on a river-walk in Sichuan Province, south-western China on Sunday
After arriving on the scene, local police and wildlife keepers began chasing the beast, an anonymous officer told the Chinese video news outlet Pear. The boar eventually escaped
After arriving on the scene, local police and wildlife keepers began chasing the beast, an anonymous officer told the Chinese video news outlet Pear.
The officers eventually lost trace of the boar after it jumped into the river and swam to the other side of the bank.
The animal is said to have run and disappeared in the mountains while the police continued their search efforts.
No pedestrians were hurt in the incident, the official added.
The news comes as another wild boar recently stormed into a tea shop in eastern China, watched by a worker frozen with fear.
Security footage shows the beast causing havoc in front of the screaming employee as it charged through the beverage store in the city centre of Nanjing.
The animal was later seized by police and handed to a local wildlife shelter after it quickly rushed out of the store.