Local pig saved by meat market employee

The Jordan Independent ^ | 09-14-2005 | Brandon Otte

[Spruce]

Local pig saved by meat market employee
By Brandon Otte,Staff Writer


Wednesday, September 14, 2005

A potbellied pig who was on the loose in Jordan has been captured, thanks to an employee at Pekarna's Meat Market.

Dianne King said she saw the pig, whose name is Bacon, earlier in the week, but that she thought maybe her mind was playing tricks on her. Then she saw it again Thursday.

"He was out playing in front of my house," she said. "The dogs were totally bonkers."

King said she stopped traffic on Highway 21 to keep the pig from being hit while it was running across the street. While Bacon is a quick runner and has been eluding police for days, Dianne said she followed him slowly.

"I

just walked," she said. "I didn't run after him, so he didn't run too fast."

King said the pig started to speed up and turned quickly right into a live trap.

"He's so cute," she said. "Poor little guy."

Detective Sgt. Brett Empey said the Jordan Police Department has been called about Bacon before, and that he's hard to catch.

"He an elusive little guy," Empey said. "Normally, by the time we get to where he's supposed to be, he's gone."

Empey said the police have had a few calls about Bacon since the pig escaped Sept. 4. He said they've had around 10 calls during the past month about Bacon's various escapes.

"He's been all over the place," he said. "I can't believe he hasn't been hit by a car."

Empey said that pigs are supposed to make great pets.

"They're supposed to be very intelligent," he said. "They don't look it."

Empey said that, once in police custody, Bacon was brought to the Four Paws animal control where the owners had left their contact information. He said the owners would have to pay a fee to Four Paws.

[Spruce]

Oh. The life in small town America. A shame this porcine pedestrian didn't wander on my property. I love bacon.

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

Was the pig name "Babe?"

[MarkeyD]

A farmer was taking a pig with one wooden leg on a walk in town one day . . . on a leash. A man stopped the farmer on the sidewalk and tried to satisfy his understandable curiousity by asking, "Why does your pig have one wooden leg?"

"Let me tell you about this pig. This is ONE SPECIAL PIG! About two months ago I spent all day Saturday cleaning out the underbrush in the woods behind my cabin. When I finished at the end of the day, I went back to the cabin, ate dinner, and went to bed. I was so tired that I slept incredibly soundly. The cabin caught fire during the night. I didn't know it, but the pig did! Just before my cabin crashed down upon me in a pile of burning embers, this pig grabbed me and dragged me out of the cabin, saving my life. This is one special pig!!"

"Yes, I can see he's special, but why does he have one wooden leg?" asked the man again.

"Let me tell you something else about this pig. About a month ago, the pig and I were taking a relaxing Sunday drive in my pickup truck. The pig was sitting in the front seat with me. All of a sudden, something made me sneeze violently. I lost control of the truck, ran off the road, and hit a tree head-on. The crash knocked me out cold. The truck caught fire. Just before the pickup exploded in a big ball of fire, the pig once again came to my rescue. He grabbed me and dragged me to safety. This is REALLY a special pig!!!"

Now obviously agitated at not receiving an answer to his seemingly simple question, the man yelled, "OK, so he's special! Why does he have ONE WOODEN LEG?!?!?!"

"Well, good grief, man. A pig that good, you can't eat him all at once!"

[stylin19a]

TRAVELLING SALESMAN IS asked to stay for dinner with a farming family. In the dining room he finds the farmer, his wife, three children and a pig seated at the table.
The pig has three medals around his neck and a wooden leg. The salesman cannot help but comment: "I see there is a pig joining us for dinner".

"Yes", says the farmer, "this is a very special pig. See those three medals around his neck? You might like to know how he got them".

"Oh, yes I would," said the salesman.

"Well, one day our oldest son fell in the pond and was drowning. That pig dived into the pond, swam to our boy, and pulled him back to safety. He got the first medal for saving our boy's life.

He got the second medal when a fire accidentally lit up the barn trapping our daughter inside. The pig ran through the flames and literally pushed our girl outside.

A while later, our youngest boy was cornered in the paddock by an angry bull. That pig squirmed under the fence grabbed the bull by the tail and held him while our son escaped. He got the third medal for that."

The salesman, having listened carefully, said, "I can see that the pig is special, and I can understand why he received the medals and gets to eat at the table. But, tell me, how did he get the wooden leg?"

The farmer smiled and said, "Well sir, a pig like that, you don't eat him all at once."

[clee1]

Me too!

That little piggy would have gone to market - as chops, loins, roasts, hams, etc.

[MarkeyD]

You're slow ;)

[quantim]

pig who was on the loose in Jordan

OK, I bit.  I had a vision of a giant boar running down the streets of Amman, Jordan while mohammedheads by the dozens jumped off bridges to escape the curse of the Koran.

[garyhope]

About a year ago, I was driving down a fairly busy St. in Ft. Worth, Tx. when I saw a rather large, black and white goat with a collar and bell around his neck, wandering along the side of the road.

I turned around and followed him. He went into the back part of a fenced yard and parking lot of a business. I went to the office and tried to explain to the one person working there, who only spoke Spanish that was a goat in his back lot. Eventually he followed me and I pointed out that there was a "cabritto" , the only remote word for goat in Spanish that I knew in his parking lot.

I don't know what happened to the goat or if they ever found the owner or if he wound up as tacos.

[stylin19a]

WAAAAAAAAAY SLOW.
Sheesh ! I gotta hit refresh every now and again.

[Spruce]

Still a great joke. An old one, but it still has legs.

[BigFinn]

What is a crafty pig called? CunningHAM.

[MarkeyD]

Where do you get dragon milk from?


A cow with short legs.

[LexBaird]

That must be Some Pig. It was Radiant.

[shooter223]

this pig should be sent to Gitmo........to be kept as a pet by the guards

[indcons]

LOL........your reply is one of the funniest postings I have read today.

[strategofr]

""Well, good grief, man. A pig that good, you can't eat him all at once!""

LOL! You are a bad person!

[Jimmy Valentine]

Huh! I thought that this was an article about the Clinton's