Posted on 10/02/2012 9:40:00 AM PDT by Red Badger
COOS BAY, OR (KPTV) -
An Oregon man trying to feed his 700-pound hogs was eaten by the animals Thursday, and sheriff's deputies are trying to determine what led up to his death.
Terry Garner, who lived near the rural town of Riverton in southern Oregon, went to feed the animals on his farm at 7:30 a.m.
When he wasn't seen for several hours, a family member went to look for him, and found Garner's dentures on the ground in front of the hog enclosure, which housed several of the animals.
While searching the hog enclosure, the family member found Garner's body in several pieces, with a majority of it consumed by the hogs, the district attorney said.
Now deputies are investigating how Garner ended up in a position where the hogs were able to eat him.
District Attorney Paul Frasier said there are a number of possible scenarios, including one in which Garner suffered a heart attack. Another possible scenario is that given Garner's age and health, the hogs were able to knock him down and kill him. Frasier said there have been reports that at least one of the hogs had been aggressive toward Garner in the past.
Because of the unusual circumstances surrounding Garner's death, detectives haven't ruled out foul play.
A forensic pathologist examined what little was left of Garner's body over the weekend, but was not able to identify the cause or manner of death.
For now, Garner's cause of death is listed as undetermined, and his remains will be further examined by a forensic anthropologist at the University of Oregon.
I went duck hunting, back in the day, with the sons of the commanding officer of the army ammunition plant. It was a very special treat.
One morning we left our ducks at the boat ramp and continued to hunt. When we returned, the hogs that were lose in the leased cornfields ate all of our ducks. The Col’s youngest son was outraged. I was pissed. all that hard work that was just hog feed. Nothing left but some feathers and lots of feet
definitely not how he intended to feed them.
A new twist on biting the hand that feed you and proof that bacon doesn’t make everything better.
And you have to ask where is Jimmy Hoffa?
It would have been tempting to take home the bacon. ;>)
And you have to ask, “Where is Jimmy Hoffa?”?
I'm not a farmer, but it seems to me that if something weighs 700 pounds it doesn't need to be fed.
If he had a heart attack, which is a reasonable assumption..they should be able to determine it by analyzing the blood in the remains they found...however, he could have suffered a heart attack..not a fatal one..fallen, and then the pigs went hog wild..
Robert Pickton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pickton
Robert William “Willie” Pickton (born October 24, 1949)[2] of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada is a former pig farmer[3] and serial killer convicted of the second-degree murders of six women.[4][5] He is also charged in the deaths of an additional twenty women,[6] many of them prostitutes and drug users from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. In December 2007 he was sentenced to life in prison, with no possibility of parole for 25 years —the longest sentence available under Canadian law for murder.[7]
During the trial’s first day of jury evidence, January 22, 2007, the Crown stated he confessed to forty-nine murders to an undercover police officer posing as a cellmate. The Crown reported that Pickton told the officer that he wanted to kill another woman to make it an even 50, and that he was caught because he was “sloppy”.[8]
Hogzilla was a wild, swamp hog that supposedly tipped the scales over 800 bls...
That is really awful, how sad for the poor man.
I can’t imagine the horror of finding a husband, father and friend in that condition.
Pigs are good for two things only bacon and BBQ’s otherwise they are disgusting animals.
Yours was post #49 - so time to stop. ;)
My father-in-law always used to say “if you want to get rid of a body, feed it to the hogs.”
....since there are different breeds of pigs, I wonder if some are more aggressive than others...pigs, the pit bulls of the farm animals...:O)
The farmer ate so much bacon, he turned into bacon.
long pork reconstituted
Which just begs the question,”What are they gonna do with the hogs?”...................
Cause of Death will read: “Went to sh-t and the hogs ate him.”
For more gente-e-le readers,
“Departed to defecate and the swine devoured him.”
Oh, and you guys make fun of Jews for not eating bacon.
No thanks.
Well, this is a case where the bacon is eating you...........
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