The North Ridgeville Police Department is enjoying a little taste of the viral gods after posting on Facebook details of a recent case where officers received a call from a man who said he was being followed home by a pig.
When skeptical officers arrived at the Amtrak train station in Elyria, Ohio, they made contact with the man and soon his new best friend, a large swine of the curly-tailed variety.
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One of the officers managed to wrangle the massive animal into the back seat of his cruiser for what turned out to be a comfortable (at least for porky,) three hour tour of the town.
Hours later police were able to successfully reunite the pig with his owners.
The Facebook post went viral on Saturday garnering more than 8,200 shares, 14,000 likes and more than 1,500 comments:
At 5:26 this morning we received a call from a male who stated that he was walking home on Center Ridge from the Train Station in Elyria. He went on to state that he was being followed by a pig and didn’t know what to do. A pig. Riiiight.
Night shift responded to the obviously drunk guy walking home from the bar at 5:26 in the morning. He was at least drunk enough to call the police on himself while hallucinating.
Upon arrival, they found a very sober male walking eastbound on Center Ridge near Maddock Rd. from the actual Amtrak train station in Elyria, not the bar. Oh, and he was being followed by a pig.
Yes, a pig.
Ptlm. Kuduzovic managed to wrangle (I think this is the correct word to use) said pig into his cruiser and he is currently secured in our pig pens…..er, dog kennels. Whatever.
You’d have thought we would have learned our lesson after the kangaroo incident.
Is this real life?
Also, we will mention the irony of the pig in a police car now so that anyone that thinks they’re funny is actually unoriginal and trying too hard.
Have a great day.
UPDATE 8:23am: THE PIG HAS BEEN RETURNED TO ITS OWNER.