# Authorities finally catch rampaging pig

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 9, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authorities-finally-catch-rampaging-pig/239211 "2004-04-09T19:18:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authorities-finally-catch-rampaging-pig/239211/1 "2004-04-09T19:18:37Z")

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[Bad Porky!](http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/weird_news/8394278.htm)

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> It took a helicopter, two search dogs and four squad cars, but authorities have finally caught up with a suspect who has eluded them for a month - a pig which has been tearing up lawns in an upscale neighborhood.

That’s our tax money at work for you!  
Will the pig have to pay for police overtime like that lottery scammer?  
Bet if this had been in the hood, that pig would still be terrorizing lawns. 😃

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**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authorities-finally-catch-rampaging-pig/239211/2 "2004-04-09T19:21:16Z")

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> Lt. Sal Ruggiero credited Officer Buddy Gray with the capture.
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> “He tracked this pig all night long,” Ruggiero said. “He tracked it down, and they confronted it and took it into custody.”

Did he read it it’s rights, you think? 😉

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authorities-finally-catch-rampaging-pig/239211/3 "2004-04-10T03:16:47Z")

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Back in my day… we had to catch our own pig. Really.

We had a small acreage, 5 kids and a 6th on the way, so a pig was obtained for future cheap meat. But the pen was old and the pig kept getting out. My mother was “Heavy with Child” and sometimes would call the school to get my oldest brother out so he could help her chase it down. Thankfully it was a small town, but that also meant that everybody knew about our adventures.

Helicopters? Forget about it.

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**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authorities-finally-catch-rampaging-pig/239211/4 "2004-04-10T04:53:27Z")

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> a pig was obtained for **future cheap meat**. But the pen was old and the pig kept getting out. bolding mine

I wonder why that pig kept trying to escape? 😃

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authorities-finally-catch-rampaging-pig/239211/5 "2004-04-10T05:58:08Z")

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> Bet if this had been in the hood, that pig would still be terrorizing lawns. 😃

No, I daresay the pig would be basking over hickory coals. 🆒