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Some of the more notorious residents of the park, and the least welcome, the Wild Pigs do a lot of damage to the area. I have only seen them a few times but had no problems with them. They have always run off when I yelled at them, but it pays to make sure you have a tree to climb just in case. They have tusk that can tear you up. The last time I saw them was on the Poverty Flat Road. I came around a corner and heard some rustling around. Thinking it was turkeys I just kept going. Suddenly I saw the pigs off to the right. They ran off after I yelled at them, slapping my legs at the same time. I took about two more steps and heard rustling to my left. Spotting some piglets I decided it was time for caution and made some noise while backing up at the same time. Fortunately for me, all the adults had taken off.

The China Hole trails climbs up to meet the Coit Trail from China Hole. On the way I passed this mud hole which according to Lee Dittmann was created by the Wild Pigs back about 1987. The Wild Pigs would roll in it and then rub against the tree nearby, which is why it no longer has any bark on it to a height of about 5 feet. On my last hike at Henry Coe the Springs Trail had damage from the Pigs. The first time I went to Coe there was trail damage within 100 feet of the headquarters.