Last week, as reported on these very pages, a truck carrying 90 pigs overturned on an Arkansas interstate, closing the road for most of the morning.After the accident only 50 of the hogs were accounted for, and we've been breathlessly awaiting word on what kind of trouble the other 40 could get themselves into.
Well, it looks like at least one of the fugitive swine has been captured. And it should come as no surprise to anyone who has endured an Arkansas summer that this "ham on the lam" was found in the swimming pool of a local couple.
The 800-lb. porker had been marked for the slaughterhouse before the accident, but because no one knows what kinds of terrible things he ate during his week on the run he will now live out the rest of his natural life on a farm -- no doubt reflecting on his glorious glimmer of freedom.
Comments:
Add a comment
Wednesday 01 July
By Heavytoka
I wonder where my brothers Gf went rofl
Reply
Thursday 02 July
By Tsmitty
hahahah that was hilarious
Wednesday 01 July
By screaminfist
That's a very heartwarming story, I hope the other lost hogs are doing just as fine.
Reply
Wednesday 01 July
By PORKY
THANK GOD ! A BROTHER IS SAVED FROM SLAUGHTER ! THAT'S THAT'S ALL FOLKS !!!!
Reply
Wednesday 01 July
By russ
ya save from slaughter just think now we could have a ham, pork, bacon shortage
Wednesday 01 July
By Deborah
Haha...pigs are smart like that. I used to raise them for FFA, and they were like dogs. They liked being rubbed in their "armpits"? (for lake of a better word), and behind their ears. They'd go for a walk like a dog. And contrary to the expression "filthy as a pig", they actually preferred to stay clean. They only roll in mud to stay cool. So a swimming pool is a great alternative!!
Reply
Wednesday 01 July
By Ken
Now, if we could only get the 535 porkers in congress to run away.
The American public ought to be charging the capitol with pitchforks and torches, just like the villagers charged Frankenstein's castle.
Reply
Wednesday 01 July
By Mary
I love your comment. It's perfect. We should be charging Washington with pitchforks and torches and run the piglets out of our pockets.
Friday 03 July
By STAN MCCARVER
WELL SAID, KEN I AGREE
WE CAN'T FIX STUPID, BUT WE CAN VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE.HOPEFULLY
Wednesday 01 July
By Jim
ABSOLUTELY!
Thursday 02 July
By janine
for sure!!!!
Thursday 02 July
By Franko
its to late the real frankenstein already left the whitehouse
Wednesday 01 July
By dee
So...why does he look bruised and battered all up? perhaps that happened to him where he was being fattened up for alaughter before he escaped, right?
Reply
Wednesday 01 July
By mtm
...or could it be due to the accident and something that happened while he was on the lam?
Wednesday 01 July
By Deborah
Of course the poor guy is gonna look bruised. He was in a truck that overturned on the freeway!
Wednesday 01 July
By jett
Got beat up a bit when the truck carrying him and the others overturned I guess. The pool needs a lot of cleaning for sure now! Maybe the owners will adopt him, would be a nice ending to this story. :D
Wednesday 01 July
By Me
The poor thing WAS in a truck that overturned, why wouldn't it be bruised? Another case of selective reading.
Wednesday 01 July
By Amanda
That IS from the monsters beating them. The animals are beat and kicked and molested that are going to be killed. The same needs to be done to the monsters that do that to them and anyone that eats animals!
Thursday 02 July
By ken
WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU THINK THE GROWER MISTREATED THIS ANIMAL,IF YOU WERE IN A WRECK YOUR HINNEY WOULD BE SCRATCHED AND BRUISED ALSO
Thursday 02 July
By DCM
Uhhh, pigs have spots.....