“Pigzilla” – that’s what the locals called a huge wild boar that can dig upright in a garbage container.
A photo shows a huge wild boar standing upright and diving for food at a dumpster
In fact, such a huge wild boar was spotted on Hong Kong Island in 2018.
It is not known what became of the wild boar after 2018.
It's about the following article, the featured image of which shows a huge wild boar standing upright digging through a garbage container:

Huge wild boar discovered in front of elementary school
had a pig! Elementary school students in Hong Kong recently faced...
The fact check
Yes, the story is mostly true and the picture is real too. The term “recently” probably doesn’t quite fit.
The image is part of a fairly brief 4-second video from Hong Kong that was uploaded to Facebook in 2018 by a man named Tu Dong. Contrary to the opinion that the video was taken next to a school, this detail remains unconfirmed.
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the entry on Facebook is no longer available. The original recording can still be found on YouTube. Wild boars are not uncommon in the suburbs of Hong Kong. But such a large specimen also attracted the attention of those living there.
The pig was quickly nicknamed “Pigzilla”. According to the website coconuts.co, it has also been crowned "King of Pigs" in the neighborhood where it lives and is also known as "The Peak" or "Daddy Boar."
According to locals, the boar is said to be the patriarch of a wild boar clan near the Victoria Peak Fire Station. There are a total of six wild boars that regularly roam around and have been searching the garbage cans for food for two or three years.
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However, Paul Crow, senior conservation officer at Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden, does not believe there is a “wild boar family”. The presence of a large boar like Pigzilla together with younger pigs is not normal.
He assumes that the wild boar shown is actually a male, but it is unlikely that it is related to the others.
As for Pigzilla's size, Crow isn't surprised. He has worked with wildlife in Hong Kong for 20 years and has met similarly huge wild boars, but Pigzilla is certainly at the "upper limit" of the size range that an adult boar can reach.
Conclusion:
Yes, this pig was actually spotted on Hong Kong Island near the Victoria Peak Fire Station in 2018 and yes, it is huge!
The assumption that a school would be located at the recording location remains unconfirmed. They are said to be dumpsters near the Victoria Peak Fire Station. It is also not known what became of the “King of Pigs” after 2018.
Other sources: Stern , Huffpost , CBSNews , National Geographic
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