Marbella beach sunbathers astonished as frenzied wild boars search bags for food
This is the surreal moment a group of frenzied wild boars rifle through tourists’ belongings on a Costa del Sol beach in search of food and water as astonished sunbathers look on.
A pint-sized blonde girl was filmed running towards her mum as two of the hungry beasts came within inches of her as they fought over one of the items they had snatched up from bags left by a sun lounger. They proceeded to clamber over the sunbed before putting their snouts into a supermarket plastic bag to get a taste of what was inside.
The same six animals then made a beeline for more beach bags the other side of the dunes at the beach in Marbella - only to be confronted by a ballsy sunbather in skimpy Speedo trunks with a beer in his hand. The tourist shooed them away with his free left hand while he kept hold of his can of lager in the right.
He managed to displace them a few feet before they came to a stop at the top of the dunes where they appeared to take stock of the situation and wait for another opportunity to satisfy their thirst and hunger. The remarkable scenes happened at a beach just east of the upmarket Costa del Sol resort of Marbella.
A rural security guard organisation, commenting on the extraordinary scenes, said: “Wild boars don’t hide at day or at night. Here they are on a beach in Marbella in broad daylight, searching for food and water.” One worried local replied: “These animals are so dangerous. Their fangs are like knives.”
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Animals search for food among the loungers (CEN)
Sunbathers watch the unexpected interlopers (CEN)But another added: “How hungry and thirsty these animals must be to approach a beach full of humans. Poor animals!” Wild boars have become a regular sight in many towns as urban development encroaches on their natural habitat. And it is not the first time they have been seen on Costa beaches, although so far this year in Spain animal alerts have come mainly from the water itself thanks to a series of shark sightings and ever-present jellyfish.
In June last year a woman sunbather was injured after being bitten by a wild boar on a beach near Benidorm. The surreal drama happened at El Albir beach just north of the famous Costa Blanca resort after the disorientated animal rushed out of the sea as lifeguards sounded the alarm and attacked the female OAP.
Medics who treated her at a local health centre told local press at the time they believed the victim’s bite injury may have been caused when the wild boar charged her and collided with her around where its teeth are. Her “minor” leg injury was cleansed as a precaution and she was said to been told to take antibiotics to prevent infection.
Footage of the extraordinary incident showed locals and tourists screaming and taking cover as the wild boar ran over their towels and along the sand where moments earlier they had been tanning themselves in near-30 degree heat. Last August another powerful wild boar, believed to be around three years old, was filmed emerging from the Mediterranean and running up family-friendly Benajarafe Beach on the eastern Costa del Sol a half-hour drive from Malaga.
Terrified tourists and locals could be heard screaming as the 10-stone beast swam towards the shoreline, with one overheard yelling in Spanish: ‘Watch out, it’s coming out of the water.” It narrowly missed an elderly couple in their swimwear and a topless younger woman in a bikini bottom behind them as it charged up the beach before disappearing into reeds behind the sand.
It was later affectionately christened ‘The wild boar shark’ by locals. Local and tourists were warned not to approach it at the time because of its sharp fangs, with one expert saying: “Although it doesn’t attack it could do you a lot of damage just by grazing you. People who encounter it should stay still and not worry it.”
Colombian pop star Shakira revealed in September 2021 before she left Barcelona following her split from Gerard Pique how she was “attacked” by two wild boar who tried to “rob” her while she was in a park in the city with her son Milan, then eight. The singer-songwriter showed off a bag she claimed was destroyed by the animals in a home-made video she posted on Instagram.
The 46-year-old mum-of-two showed off her handbag as she said of the bizarre incident in an Instagram story: “Look at how two wild boar which attacked me in the park have left my bag. They were taking my bag to the woods with my mobile phone in it. They’ve destroyed everything.”
She then added as her son walked off in the background: “Milan tell the truth. Say how your mummy stood up to the wild boar.” The singer did not detail when the incident took place or which park it occurred in. Neither Shakira nor her son were injured.
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