Old man wrestles with boar for 8 hours

By Zhang Lulu
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Deng Guangyuan wrestles with the boar for nearly eight hours, leaving him with injuries all over his head. [Photo/Guiyang Evening News]



A 63-year-old man from a village in southern China's Guizhou Province recently wrestled a wild boar for nearly eight hours before killing it, creating a real-life version of the legend, "The old man and the boar," Guiyang Evening News reports.

Deng Guangyuan told reporters he was herding his cows back home on the evening of March 12, when he heard his hound squealing. Before realizing what had happened, Deng was attacked by a shadow that he eventually realized was a wild boar.

The boar bit Deng's right thumb and wouldn't let go. Despite the pain, Deng took the chance to take out his hatchet and began stabbing at the boar's head. The boar finally let go of Deng's thumb, but then attacked him even more fiercely around his ears and head.

"I was thinking that I would be bitten to death if I didn't fight it," Deng told reporters. He said his hatchet dropped during the tussle, but he picked up a wooden stick on the ground, seized the boar by its head and kept striking at it.

Deng and the boar kept fighting against each other for hours, during which the two gradually grew exhausted. Still, Deng seized the boar by its mane, while the boar stuck to his collar. Deng said he fell into unconsciousness three times that evening, but was each time awakened by the excruciating pain.

The last time Deng awoke, the night had already set in. He found himself lying beside the belly of the boar. The boar was still howling, but the sound was much fainter than before, indicating it had suffered severe injuries.

Under the moonlight, Deng found his hatchet on the ground and stabbed with all his strength on the boar's head. The boar growled, and then was motionless.

Deng then stumbled home after resting for a while. His wife, who thought he was out visiting family members, found Deng on the doorstep -- besmeared with blood and with injuries all over his head, ears, face and hands. His clothes were in rags.

Deng rested for an hour or so, until dawn. He was then taken to hospital for treatment, while his neighbors went to fetch the dead boar, which was weighed at 60 kilograms, almost the weight of an old man. His neighbors suggested the cash-strapped family sell the boar to cover his medical bills.

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