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September 14, 2006
Pigs gone wild
This story reminds me of an incident many years ago in Columbus. (Well, it spurred my memory of it, at least.)
GREEN BAY, Wis. - A pig withstood taser shots from police officers and eluded authorities for more than an hour after wandering onto Green Bay's major highway. The 150-pound pig was spotted by a passing driver on U.S. 41 at 6 p.m. Wednesday night, Green Bay Police Lt. Todd LePine said.
The animal reportedly went into traffic several times, creating a hazard, he said.
Officers located the pig about 7 p.m. and made two attempts to subdue it with a stun gun, he said, but it fled both times after pulling out the Taser probes.
A passerby who described himself as a former pig farmer tried to wrestle the animal, but the animal pulled away from him as well, LePine said.
Three tranquilizer darts were finally used to bring the pig under control, and it was placed in blanket and lifted into an animal control van, LePine said.
The animal was taken to the Bay Area Humane Shelter that evening. Police said a local attorney planned to claim the pig Thursday. The name of the pig's owner was not disclosed.
Anyway, way back in my sophomore or junior year of college, I was driving on the expressway near downtown Columbus when I saw a bunch of cars swerving and trying to avoid something in the road. As I got closer, it turns out there was a queen sized mattress laying across two lanes. After I also dodged the thing, I called 911 on my cellphone.
I started with, "Uh, yes. I'm on I-70 here by Broad Street and..."
But the 911 dispatcher interrupted me: "Are you calling about the mattress?" I said I was, and she replied, "We know. We're working on it." Test-eeee! I wonder how long it took them to get rid of it?
Posted by oz115 at September 14, 2006 04:01 PM