A popular mountain scenic spot in Sichuan Province allows visitors to chase after wild boars (野猪) and even take them home for free if they can catch them with their bare hands.
Photos and videos of people seemingly enjoying themselves while running after full-grown boars and trying to catch them with their bare hands recently became popular on social media, causing many to wonder if the photos were genuine, and if so, what could make people risk their lives like that. As it turns out, this has been a very popular activity at the Jiuhuang Mountain Scenic Area since at least 2013, and no serious injuries have been reported since. Some sources report that when the Jiuhuang Mountain scenic spot introduced the bizarre activity, not only did it allow people to take home the animal they caught completely free, but also rewarded them with a prize of 10,000 yuan. The monetary incentive was canceled at some point, but visitors can still walk away with the boar they manage to catch.
Getting to take home your catch is nothing to scoff of, but it doesn’t sound like the kind of prize people would risk their lives for. However, the Jiuhuang Mountain Scenic Area website clarifies that the wild boars aren’t really that wild. They are second-generation boars raised in captivity (圈养) and have no very long teeth. That means their violent instincts are considerably suppressed (抑制) and they can’t really attack people even if they wanted to. Still, there is a degree of risk, just not the kind of danger associated with fighting against wild boars.
Apart from paying the fee to be allowed to chase after wild boars at Jiuhuang Mountain, the only other rule appears to be using only your hands. Female pigs with piglets (小猪) and young boars under 30 kilograms cannot be “collected” as prizes.
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