News, Maine Police Investigate Screams, Find Amorous Pig (pigs, horses, home)

[JD59]

NEIGHBOR THOUGHT IT WAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; IT WASN'T

Police responding to reports of screams coming from a home in Maine didn't find a victim of domestic violence as they feared. Instead, they found an amorous pig. State police say a woman called last week after hearing what she believed to be a fight coming from a neighbor's home in the town of China. But the neighbor explained to state troopers that she raises pigs and the screaming was coming from an overjoyed male pig that had been placed in a pen with five sows in heat.

Maine Police Investigate Screams, Find Amorous Pig - Neighbor thought it was domestic violence; it wasn't

[PAhippo]

good thing they're not raising peacocks.

[branDcalf]

Originally Posted by PAhippo

good thing they're not raising peacocks.

I was fooled by their call the first time I heard it! New job in new country. I was horseback, heard what sounded like a woman screaming, and raced off in that direction to see if I could help. Sure tickled the neighbors when I confessed to my mistake. But, they were all please to know I'd do what I could.

[Teddy52]

That is strange. I used to raise hogs. I once had 42 sows and did rotational farrowing and breeding.

I was unaware of any sounds.
Same with cattle.

I have heard horses do make a lot od sounds, but I don't know.

[Submariner]

I have three sows in with my boar. The girls make a bit of noise, but the boar is mostly silent.

[case44]

Um, bacon, anyone?

[ohio_peasant]

Doesn't this thread belong in the Relationships forum?

[case44]

Originally Posted by ohio_peasant

Doesn't this thread belong in the Relationships forum?

Not necessarily. This incident happened in a small town, thus putting the affair in the rural town category.