For pity's sake, don't tell Piranha Bytes about this story!
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/...ans-to-return-home.html?partner=msft_msn&_r=0

I remember getting killed by boars in Risen, Gothic 2, and Gothic 3. PB boars are deadly enough as is!

Here's a picture of the radioactive boars they're dealing with:

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EDIT: Ehh… the non-radioactive type.
Maybe. The article does say there's an unexplained population explosion. Perhaps some low-grade radiation caused some mutations?? ;)