>Could easily be within six > feet and nothing would happen if you were mellow.
Then there's absolutely no way in hell they were true wild pigs. They were either domesticated pigs or else semi-wild pigs running free that were used to being around humans / living in a semi-urban environment.
Anyhow, even when everyone else is telling you "red is red" you still want to believe "red is green", so believe what you want.