A Texas woman was found dead after pre-dawn attackby a group of feral hogs outside a home, the Chambers County sheriff said. Christine Rollins, a 59-year old caregiver to anelderly couple in Anahuac, failed to show up at her normal time on Sunday, thesheriff's office said. The 84-year-old homeowner found her lying in the frontyard between her car and the house. Sheriff Brian Hawthorne said in a news conference Monday that"multiple hogs" assaulted Rollins when she arrived at work, likelybetween 6 and 6:30 a.m., when it was still dark outside. "In my 35 years, I will tell you it's one ofthe worst things I've ever seen," Hawthorne told reporters. Jefferson County Medical Examiner Selly Riversdetermined Rollins was attacked by different hogs because of the various sizeof the bites on her body, Hawthorne said. Mature feral hogs can weigh between 100 and 400pounds, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The sheriff noted feral hogs are a problem acrossTexas, but attacks are rare.
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