Four wild pigs (top left) happily eat vines from the deck of the Share, Care and Prayer office on Monterey Trail Monday, Sept. 17. Sheriff?s Deputy Dave Benson and a resident (top right) keep watch over the herd while waiting for Department of Fish and Game officials to arrive. Piggy #1 (bottom) inspects Sheriff?s Deputy Norm Simon?s nightstick.
By Gary Meyer
Four wild pigs charged into downtown Frazier Park on Monday, Sept. 17 just before 4 p.m., causing quite a stir among businesses and residents.
The porkers were initially spotted heading east on Arroyo Trail toward Monterey Trail. Sheriff’s Deputy Dave Benson said he was flagged by a passing motorist, "Hey, there are four wild pigs in the middle of town!"
"We found them over here by the Market," Benson said, nodding towards Frazier Park Market.
Benson and an Arroyo Trail resident wrangled the pigs into a fenced area beside the Share, Care and Prayer Ministries office on Monterey Trail, where employee Jill Hubert said, "This is a nice afternoon of excitement for us—it’s usually pretty quiet over here."
The four little pigs were busy devouring grape leaves in the yard when Sheriff’s Deputy Norm Simon arrived and stepped out of his vehicle, offering the business end of his nightstick to one of the gang who nuzzled and sniffed the weapon as a possible food item.
After finishing off the grape leaves inside the chain link fence, the herd moved in for a dessert of vines along the base of the building’s deck on Monterey Trail.
Department of Fish and Game was called but had not arrived by the time the pigs were guided down to the creek where they wandered happily into the water and may still be snacking on bushes.
This is part of the September 21, 2007 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.
Have an opinion on this matter? We'd like to hear from you.
