SAN ANTONIO – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sent out a “Fear That Rumbling Sound” report on Wednesday.
- Started with a missing persons report
- 2 people climbed into a tree
- Feared the sound of a wild pig
According to Government Canyon State Park police, officers received a missing persons call from the San Antonio Police Department on June 21.
It seemed the missing person called 911 from somewhere in the park reporting that an animal had been following and growling at her, so she had taken refuge by climbing a tree.
The park police officer searched her last reported location to no avail, but was able to make contact on her cell phone to reassure her help was on the way. She urged him to please hurry because an animal she believed to be a wild pig was nearby and growling.
He informed her he would turn on his truck siren and asked her to listen. She was unable to hear his siren, so the officer told her to use her iPhone to send him her location by text message, which she did.
The officer then hiked to that location and found her and a man in a tree. She warned the officer that the pig was still close by and she heard it just a few minutes before he arrived.
Shortly after that, the officer heard a car drive over the rumble strips nearby on Galm Road and watched as the woman’s body language immediately changed.
The officer asked if they believed the noise they just heard was a pig and they both nodded. He explained it was only cars crossing rumble strips on the road nearby.
The lost hikers were reassured by the officer that the unknown sound can be scary and their reaction is surprisingly common.