A wild boar which has been on the loose in Alderney for more than a month is thought to have swum there from the nearby French coast.
The boar found its way into a pig farm on Friday but, when approached, escaped by jumping over a 1m (3ft) stock fence.
Farm owner Tess Woodnutt said she would not have believed the animal could jump so high from a standing start, if she had not seen it with her own eyes.
Islanders have dubbed the boar "ghost pig", as it has only been seen at dusk.
Mrs Woodnutt said she first became aware of the boar on 27 September, when she was on holiday and received a call from a fellow islander saying one of their 40 pigs had escaped.
Her son Jake immediately went to the farm and soon established no pigs were missing.
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