Some people find beaches boring, others find boars hogging their beach towels, which was the case on a beach in the Paraje Natural de Maro-Cerro Gordo.

One moment there was an exclusively human occupation of the beach and the next, three piglets and two sows saunted onto the sand, owing to the whiff of grub.

This occurred last Saturday on the beach known as Las Alberquillas, which is, as mentioned above, in a wildlife and fauna-protected area, so mountain goats, wild boars and the occasional deer can be seen there… but not normally on the beach outside winter when humans are scarce.

In this case, it was mid afternoon, around four when bathers caught sight of our porkie friends sidling up to the sand. These wild boars were obviously accustomed to humans flopping around on beaches and can distinguish between this kind of human and the ones the tip-toe through the undergrowth with guns.

Now, this snuffling patrol was soon brought to the beach by the smell of bocadillos, tortillas and watermelon skins, etc. In fact, one sow made off with a packet of crisps… Is nothing sacred?

Anyway, one woman who was dozing awoke to see a snout hovering over her face. It’s not clear which of the two scared the most crap out of the other as a result.

(News: Maro-Cerro Gordo, Axarquia, Costa del Sol, Malaga, Andalucia)

Keywords: Boars, Sows, Piglets, Beach, Smell of Food, Beachgoers, Surprised, Maro-Cerro Gordo, Las Alberquillas

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