Every morning, 82-year-old Edward Wells sends a message to his daughter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI text her and tell her I\u2019m alive,\u201d Wells said.<\/p>\n
Then, with an Ensure in one hand, he settles in for an afternoon of jigsaw puzzles on his iPad.<\/p>\n
So, when his daughter got a phone call on Thursday, she knew something was up.<\/p>\n
\u201cI need to get the hell over there,\u201d Stacy Wells said. \u201cLife got crazy!\u201d<\/p>\n
At first, Edward thought his home was being bombed.<\/p>\n
But it turned out his quiet evening had been shattered by an unexpected visitor — a 300-pound wild boar that smashed through his sliding glass door.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe busted through a whole glass door,\u201d Stacy said.<\/p>\n
The boar attacked the dog, Bailey, and then made itself at home and refused to leave.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor about half an hour, 45 minutes, the pig just stood there,\u201d Edward said. <\/p>\n
Eventually, Edward called Lee County deputies, who rushed in to help, but the boar put up a fight.<\/p>\n
Body camera video shows deputies face-to-face with the boar, trying their best to wrangle it again and again.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood for them guys, man. I wouldn\u2019t want to be doing that,\u201d Edward said.<\/p>\n
Eventually, the boar escaped.<\/p>\n
Bailey is doing just fine after some stitches, and Ed has gone back to business as usual.<\/p>\n
Authorities say the boar is still on the loose, and they\u2019re warning residents to keep their distance if they spot it.<\/p>\n
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