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Man eaten by hogs at Oregon farm
www.kptv.com ^ | 01 Oct 2012 | Staff

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.


TOPICS: US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: agriculture; animals; farm
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To: Wilum
I'm sorry.....can't hold it in.....here it comes.....

BOY! what a bunch of pigs!


He's in hog heaven.
61 posted on 10/02/2012 11:45:51 AM PDT by crosshairs (America: Once the land of the free. Still the home of the brave.)
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To: Red Badger

Evidently, the farmer lacked the chops to fight them. And they hogged him all to themselves!


62 posted on 10/02/2012 11:45:57 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: Jewbacca

I hope the man wasn’t Jewish or Muslim as both religions forbid their adherents to be eaten by pigs.


63 posted on 10/02/2012 11:47:46 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: Revolting cat!

Actually, nothing in Judaism would address being eaten BY pigs, unless it was murder/suicide or the like.

Now, participating in the raising of pigs for food by Jews, serving of pigs to Jews, and eating pig would be an issue.

Being eaten by them, well, that just shows that G-d might have had a point about them.


64 posted on 10/02/2012 11:53:13 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Revolting cat!

But somebody squealed on them..........Probably the one that came up shoat...........


65 posted on 10/02/2012 11:54:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Is it just me, or is Hillary! starting to look like Benjamin Franklin?.................)
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To: Red Badger

That was a boaring comment


66 posted on 10/02/2012 11:56:49 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: crosshairs
He's in hog heaven.

YUP! Rode off into the light on a Harley!

67 posted on 10/02/2012 11:57:52 AM PDT by Wilum (Never loaded a nuke I didn't like)
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To: bert

I didn’t mean to sow-er you on this thread..........


68 posted on 10/02/2012 11:58:27 AM PDT by Red Badger (Is it just me, or is Hillary! starting to look like Benjamin Franklin?.................)
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To: Red Badger
That was a painful death. Wild animals go for the throat to kill it's prey faster
in order to avoid injury that could be life threatening. Hogs otoh just start
chewing and ripping at whatever is softest like the face and arms. Ouch..
69 posted on 10/02/2012 12:00:35 PM PDT by MaxMax
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To: Revolting cat!

Actually, nothing in Judaism would address being eaten BY pigs, unless it was murder/suicide or the like.

Now, participating in the raising of pigs for food by Jews, serving of pigs to Jews, and eating pig would be an issue.

Being eaten by them, well, that just shows that G-d might have had a point about them.


70 posted on 10/02/2012 12:03:20 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Yo-Yo
In the novel Unintended Consequences the central character Henry Bowman fed a bunch of dead ATF agents to hogs.

This is the origin of the anti-government sentiment, "It's about time to feed the hogs."

71 posted on 10/02/2012 12:14:42 PM PDT by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: Red Badger

Sounds like insider trading on sow bellies.


72 posted on 10/02/2012 12:22:38 PM PDT by crosshairs (America: Once the land of the free. Still the home of the brave.)
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To: fso301
Snatch, Brick Top:

And when you got your six pieces, you gotta get rid of them, because it's no good leaving it in the deep freeze for your mum to discover, now is it? Then I hear the best thing to do is feed them to pigs. You got to starve the pigs for a few days, then the sight of a chopped-up body will look like curry to a pisshead. You gotta shave the heads of your victims, and pull the teeth out for the sake of the piggies' digestion. You could do this afterwards, of course, but you don't want to go sievin' through pig shit, now do you? They will go through bone like butter. You need at least sixteen pigs to finish the job in one sitting, so be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm. They will go through a body that weighs 200 pounds in about eight minutes. That means that a single pig can consume two pounds of uncooked flesh every minute. Hence the expression, "as greedy as a pig".

Ugh. Hope the guy was dead before the pigs got to him.

73 posted on 10/02/2012 2:35:52 PM PDT by Moltke ("I am Dr. Sonderborg," he said, "and I don't want any nonsense.")
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To: bert

“It was a very special treat”/.
-—that’s no doubt what the hogs were thinking as they
finished the last duck.


74 posted on 10/03/2012 4:13:06 PM PDT by supremedoctrine (My personal Memo to the Utopian Left:-- You can't improve on Imperfection.)
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To: bert

Hmmmmm...your hogs left the feet, and the hogs of Idaho left the dentures.....makes me wonder......


75 posted on 10/03/2012 4:39:20 PM PDT by supremedoctrine (My personal Memo to the Utopian Left:-- You can't improve on Imperfection.)
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