Humongous Pigs Storm Golf Course And Injure Two; Golf Club Forced To Close Down

Two runaway pigs stormed a golf course in the U.K. and injured two people, which forced the golf club to shut down for the day.

Chaos ensued at the Lightcliffe Golf Club in West Yorkshire, after two hogs believed to be Vietnamese Pot-bellied pigs stormed the field. The pigs disrupted games by pushing over golf trolleys and knocking over bags.

According to the club staff, the pigs emerged from nearby woodland, bordering the bottom of the course on Sunday. One of the pigs attacked a golfer. "He got a scratch on his leg so had to go to A&E and have it cleaned out really well and get some antibiotics," Judith Crowther, the club's house director said to the BBC.

Two days later, the pigs stormed the course again. The pigs were on the loose for six hours and injured a club employee who tried to steer the animals away from the course.

Due to the pigs' prolonged stay and nuisance, the club was forced to close down, leading to 15 golfers abandoning their rounds.

"We had to close because they were wandering around and took over the course," Crowther said to the outlet. "They ended up outside the clubhouse on the ninth green and didn't seem to want to go away," the director said.

The two men who suffered minor injuries were taken to a hospital and treated with tetanus shots, Club professional David McKidd, 40, told Sky News.

The pigs also damaged the course by digging several small holes in the grass.

As darkness fell across the city, the pigs abandoned the course and moved on to a nearby road where they caused further chaos by holding up traffic.

Police were called to the scene and the pigs were removed from the road. "It raised a lot of interest, but we're glad they've now gone and we can go back to playing golf," the club officials said to BBC. "It was like a comedy script, you couldn't have imagined it if you tried," he added.

It is unclear where the pigs came from as they reportedly did not belong to nearby farms.