A rare occurrence in Gora\u017edevac \u2013 a domestic pig has given birth to 11 piglets. Seven of them resemble wild boars. This would have been highly unusual if the household had not noticed an unexpected visitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The uninvited guest first appeared in September last year at the Stevanovi\u0107 family farm in Gora\u017edevac. It was a wild boar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After settling in, the boar jumped over the wire fence and befriended one of the domestic pigs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Four months later, 11 piglets were born \u2013 seven resembling wild boars, while the remaining four have the characteristics of domestic pigs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I thought my son was seeing things, maybe a wolf, or he didn\u2019t recognize what it was. Until the 29th of last year, when it actually came right here, slowly. My son looked through the window and said, \u2018There\u2019s a wild boar.\u2019 Then we waited to see how it would behave. It lingered around the pigs for a long time. We observed and watched. At one point, it jumped over the wire and stayed with this one,” says Miodrag Stevanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Miodrag, this is an unusual occurrence for their village, one that even the oldest residents do not remember happening before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Some might say this is nothing new. However, here in Gora\u017edevac, such a case has never been recorded, and no one remembers anything like it. My father is 70 years old, and he has never heard of such a case. Gora\u017edevac is a Metohija village on flat land, not a mountainous area where such things might happen,” says Stevanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the meantime, interest in the piglets is growing. The Stevanovi\u0107 family plans to keep a few for themselves and sell the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n