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600-Pound Pig On The Loose
Dec 12, 2002 9:28 am US/Pacific
(AP) (GREENWICH TOWNSHIP, N.J. ) There's a whole-hog mystery in this Cumberland County town where everyone is on the lookout for a 600-pound porker that's been spotted roaming the streets, digging up gardens and surprising dog walkers.
And the local dogcatcher has been warning residents that the big pig is uncastrated - and therefore could not only be amorous but also aggressive.
A number of the locals claim to have seen the porker over the past few weeks.
Township clerk Elaine Hancock said the strange part is that there are no known swine farms in the area. She said the visitor ate broccoli from her brother-in-law's garden.
Finding its fate may be easier than determining its origin, she said.
"If anybody has a big barbecue, we'll know who captured it," Hancock said.
Sharon Kiefer and her dogs encountered the porker on an early morning walk. She said she screamed and the dogs gave chase. "It ran as fast as my dogs," Kiefer told The Press of Atlantic City for Thursday's editions. "Now that's scary."
"Its ears are the size of a football, and they bend inward and they are real furry," Kiefer said. "It's white, like a ghost pig or something."
Dec 12, 2002 9:28 am US/Pacific
(AP) (GREENWICH TOWNSHIP, N.J. ) There's a whole-hog mystery in this Cumberland County town where everyone is on the lookout for a 600-pound porker that's been spotted roaming the streets, digging up gardens and surprising dog walkers.
And the local dogcatcher has been warning residents that the big pig is uncastrated - and therefore could not only be amorous but also aggressive.
A number of the locals claim to have seen the porker over the past few weeks.
Township clerk Elaine Hancock said the strange part is that there are no known swine farms in the area. She said the visitor ate broccoli from her brother-in-law's garden.
Finding its fate may be easier than determining its origin, she said.
"If anybody has a big barbecue, we'll know who captured it," Hancock said.
Sharon Kiefer and her dogs encountered the porker on an early morning walk. She said she screamed and the dogs gave chase. "It ran as fast as my dogs," Kiefer told The Press of Atlantic City for Thursday's editions. "Now that's scary."
"Its ears are the size of a football, and they bend inward and they are real furry," Kiefer said. "It's white, like a ghost pig or something."
