A pair of feral pigs who prowled the streets of Hillsborough after dark, wreaking havoc on manicured lawns and artfully landscaped back yards, apparently have vanished.

And they're not missed.

Residents and police say they have seen neither snout nor tail of the duo since Oct. 4.

"We're just hoping that they're gone and that's the end of it," said John Meyer, who became so aggravated by the animals' almost nightly romps in his yard that he hired Milpitas-based trapper Steve Hebert to take care of the problem.

Since late spring, the Hillsborough Police Department has received numerous complaints of feral pigs from residents of a neighborhood near Cherry Creek, Capt. Mark O'Connor said.

One person reported that a pig approached a family member aggressively and wouldn't retreat, O'Connor said. And the beasts have been so busy rooting and kicking up dirt on the surrounding hillsides that many fear the season's first rain will wash piles of debris into the creek.

"Pigs can be dangerous," O'Connor said. "Our real concern is for the safety of a child or an elderly adult walking down into this area and being injured as the result of a pig."


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