There was no camera. Oh the pity.
My daughter, Elizabeth, was running an errand down a two lane road and came upon a sight that took a couple of seconds of mental adjustment.
Behind a hefty pickup truck was a trailer and in that trailer was a very large hog. Hogs need to make it to market and this was not the first time, I would think, that this method of conveyance had been used.
"Now that's a road hog", Elizabeth thought and a great story to tell just as it was. The truck was rolling slowly and the trailer was only a little wobbly.
However, everything would change drastically.
The hog, unsecured and with too much room to roam, decided to move from the front to the back of his ride.
This tipped the little trailer back and pulled the hitch away from the truck.
Elizabeth slowed down her Jeep - but her mind was racing.
The back of the trailer dug into the road and the hog fell down, but not out onto the roadway.
The pickup driver slowed and the unhitched trailer and hog passed him.
It traveled only a little way and then left the roadway and ran into the woods. The hog then left the trailer.
The last thing Elizabeth saw was a hog farmer chasing a panicked, unlicensed trailer driver into the woods. Both were mobile and she saw no real damage to either.
I don't know of any great life lessons to be drawn from this experience except when moving a big hog, make sure that it can't cause a wreck, injure itself or others.
That would be a big waste of bacon, ribs and sausage.
Too bad that there wasn't a camera, but you have to love Elizabeth's funny hog story. © tim www.timjohnsonphoto.com
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