Lamar Institute of Technology student Thomas Lightfoot was headed to the track on Sunday night when he realized he wasn’t the only one interested in a run that evening. He grabbed his phone when he saw a group of wild hogs running across campus.
Lightfoot wrote on Facebook that he “almost got attacked by a pack of wild hogs” at the Beaumont, Texas, campus.
A local wildlife deputy, Don Metts, told KFDM that he was surprised to see more than a dozen wild hogs in an urban setting. He said they were likely looking for a new place to live.
There are more than a million wild hogs in Texas, where they are considered an invasive, damaging species, according to the Smithsonian. Credit: Facebook/Thomas Lightfoot via Storyful
