The 42-stone pig (not pictured) trampled pensioner Mary Smith (Picture: Alamy)

A 42-stone pig has trampled a pensioner leaving her with a broken leg and wrist.

Mary Smith, 74, was crushed by the wild animal, said to be ‘bigger than a bear’, after a herd charged through a fence while she was feeding a friend’s pig in a smallholding.

Mrs Smith, from Exeter, Devon, said: ‘I somehow got out of there and was found hanging on to the fence, but I can’t remember that. It was a nightmare.

‘The adult pigs raised the stock fence with their snouts and charged me. They were after the food.


‘I was stuck in the mud and couldn’t move and they trampled over me. My right knee was crushed and my left wrist broken.’



The pensioner was hospitalised for 12 days after the pig, thought to weight around 600lbs, smashed into her.

Mrs Smith is now recovering at home with her husband Derek, 73, but says she still suffers from flashbacks.

The rampaging pig is believed to be descended from a family of pigs that escaped from a nearby farm several years ago.