Drunk Feral Pig Found Dead After Car Accident, Tox Results Pending


Life in the fast line finally caught up with Swino, the drunken feral pig that captured hearts and imaginations last month.

Swino made headlines all over the world this fall after drinking 18 cans of beer, starting a fight with a cow, and causing general mischief at an Australian campsite. Local authorities have now confirmed that Swino was recently the victim of a hit and run in the remote Pilbara region.

He was identified by the distinctive mark on the back of his ears, reports The Independent. It is unknown whether Swino was drinking prior to the accident.

It’s an ignoble end for Swino, who stole three six-packs of beer from a campsite in Port Hedland weeks ago. In addition to starting the fight with the cow and destroying tents at the campsite, Swino also tipped over trash cans looking for food and recklessly swam into the middle of a river before passing out drunk under a log. #YOLO!

One of the campers, named Merida, recounted the story for ABC News:

“It was in the middle of the night and it was these people camping opposite us and they heard this crunching of the can and they got their torch out and shone it on the pig and there he was scrunching away at their cans.

“Then he went and raided their rubbish that they had sort of covered over with a bin as well…And then there was some other people camped right on the river and they saw him running around their vehicle being chased by a cow.”

She added:

“It was going around and around and then it went into the river and swam across to the middle of the river… The people that were camped on the river went across and crept up on it and it was hiding and sleeping under a big log right on the edge of the water.”

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