The attack took place on Sturla beach, a suburb of Genoa, where 57-year-old Rossana Falcone had gone to relax after work
Yes, that happened too! A wild boar bit an Italian woman on a beach in Genoa shortly after she ate a pizza, according to a report by the Guardian newspaper.
The attack took place in Stourla beacha suburb of Genoa, where the 57-year-old Rosanna Falcone she had gone to relax after her work. “I was on the beach sitting on my towel. I was enjoying the breeze when a wild boar appeared next to me: I stood still – that’s what we’ve been advised to do – but then it came at me and bit my hand“, she says herself.
Falcone, who is an activist for the Democratic Party, explains that she had just eaten pizza when the relatively large boar appeared. “I thought it was attracted to the pizza and would try to open the cardboard box with what was left. But instead, he bit me“, he says.
She started shouting. A bather ran to her aid as her hand was bleeding, while many began to run in panic. He was taken to the hospital for anti-tetanus and anti-rabies medication. Although this is not the first time wild boars have appeared on a Genoa beach, it is believed to be the first time they have bitten a human. Last month, three wild boars descended on the beach, trying to steal food scraps from a table where bathers were sitting.
As Falcone notes, the latest attack is a sign of the worsening of the phenomenon, at least in Genoa. “It is unacceptable that citizens are put in such danger. On the beach where I was, there was a couple with a baby in a stroller next to me. What if the wild boar had bitten the child? The beach is also accessible to people with disabilities, why put them in danger? The authorities must manage the situation“, warns Falcone.
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