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.
Evidently, the farmer lacked the chops to fight them. And they hogged him all to themselves!
I hope the man wasn’t Jewish or Muslim as both religions forbid their adherents to be eaten by pigs.
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.
But somebody squealed on them..........Probably the one that came up shoat...........
That was a boaring comment
YUP! Rode off into the light on a Harley!
I didn’t mean to sow-er you on this thread..........
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.
This is the origin of the anti-government sentiment, "It's about time to feed the hogs."
Sounds like insider trading on sow bellies.
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.
“It was a very special treat”/.
-—that’s no doubt what the hogs were thinking as they
finished the last duck.
Hmmmmm...your hogs left the feet, and the hogs of Idaho left the dentures.....makes me wonder......
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