GEORGETOWN, Mass. — It was a strange call to begin with, but what Georgetown Police Officer Henry Olshefsky found was shocking.
“The dispatch received a call for a loose pig. I didn't know what to expect, but in my mind, I was thinking it was probably a small pot belly pig or a pet. I envisioned it being pink and cute,” said Olshefsky.
What Olshefsky saw was a huge pig, a 1,000-pound pig, to be exact, hanging out in Julia Gagne’s front lawn.
"Because it is a small town, we were able to locate someone who knew someone who knew where the pig lived,” said Olshefsky.
"We had a frisbee and a bone outside, don't know what it was doing with it. Playing with it, I guess,” said Gagne.
The owner of the pig, whose name is Bruno, was relieved to have him back.
"Everyone knows Bruno,” said owner Frank Martino.
He admitted containing him has been a struggle.
"He's probably escaped, since he was a baby, three or four times,” said Martino. "We didn't know how big he was going to get so now we have to think of a new way to lock him in with a padlock, that type of thing.”