Posted on 06/28/2015 2:10:04 PM PDT by BBell
DETROIT (WXYZ) - Detroit and Michigan State Police are investigating after finding a 500 pound pig trapped inside the basement of a Detroit home.
According to Assistant Police Chief Steve Dolunt, an anonymous tip brought investigators to a house in the 10400 block of Orangelawn. They found the pig in a basement standing in feces.
"No pun intended but it looks like a pigsty," Dolunt said. "There's two feet of feces down there."
Dolunt said the caller told police the pig had been fed human remains. However, police did not find anything suspicious.
Neighbors said the man who lived in the home was Gary Roquemore, who was found dead in a nearby house earlier this week.
Police have not identified Roquemore, but have confirmed that the man who owns the pig was found dead of natural causes Tuesday.
Neighbors said the squalid house where the pig was trapped has been an eyesore and a nuisance for years, and police described the owner as a "hoarder." Heavy equipment had to be brought in to clear path for investigators.
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Pig in feces...???
Dont think the pig minded.....
“Hence the expression, greedy as a pig!”
A block party maybe?
Who squealed?
Sh**** situation if you ask me.
that joke was the wurst
Well, at least we know it was not muzz living there............
Michael Moore sighting?
So the guy liked fresh bacon.
Gee you take your eye off Michael Moore for ONE second and this is what happens
I am shocked a pig thread went this far with no Rosie O'Donuts reference....
Is her EBT card ok?
We have a winner.
Actually this not the natural state of swine, as when they are allowed an opportunity to defecate away from where they eat and sleep, the normally take advantage of the circumstances.
It is not at all unusual to see a mature pig growing to 500-600 pounds in weight, because unlike most other mammals, pigs continue to grow AFTER reaching maturity, sometimes reaching a weight of 1,000 pounds or more. The fact is, few pigs live beyond the age of six months or so, before they are slaughtered (at about 230 pounds or so), and the few that are kept back for reproduction purposes rarely live beyond four years or so (by which time they may weigh as much as 400 pounds), then they are sent off to slaughter.
Very few pigs die a natural death of old age. What happens when the get beyond about 1,100 to 1,200 pounds is they begin to suffer from circulatory problems or skeletal failures, and die somewhat horribly shortly thereafter. And there are ever-present diseases that kind of keep the herd thinned out.
O’s mistress?
Rosie moved?
Dammit you beat me to it.
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