Terry V. Garner, a 70-year-old Oregon farmer, went to feed his animals. Several hours later, when he hadn’t returned, a family member went to look for him and found, on the ground of the hog enclosure, his dentures. Further investigation of the enclosure revealed that the hogs, which each weighed about 700 pounds, had nearly completely eaten the farmer, although some body parts were strewn about the enclosure. Now the Coos County Sheriff’s Office is investigating how Garner “ended up in a position where the hogs were able to consume him.” According to the Sheriff's report. There are several scenarios being investigated, including that Mr. Garner had a health event, such as a heart attack, which then put him in a position where the hogs could consume him. Another scenario being investigated is that given the age and health of Mr. Garner, that one or more of the hogs knocked Mr. Garner to the ground, whereupon that hogs killed and consumed him. In addition, due to the unusual circumstances presented The statement added that at least one of the hogs had previously been aggressive toward the farmer but did not specify how many hogs live on the farm. Garner’s remains were examined on Saturday by a pathologist who was unable to determine how the man died. A forensic anthropologist at the University of Oregon will also examine his remains. Answering the phone at Garner’s home Monday, a man who described himself as a family friend described the tragedy succinctly: “What a way.” This isn’t the first time hogs have eaten their farmers. In 2004, a Romanian woman was knocked unconscious and eaten by the pigs on her farm, UPI reported at the time. The news report did not say whether the woman survived, only that the pigs had eaten the woman's ears and half her face. Her husband, sedated, told reporters: "I'll never breed such beasts again."
Dang that's a story and a half.. def don't hear something like that to often. Nock em down, Drag em out!!
Yeah! if this reporter hunted, I'm sure they kill 450 pound deer also. I'm an old hog farmer here which grew hogs on good Illinois corn and at 500 - 550 lbs either the boar was too big for the sows or the sows were starting to get too old to have good litters of pigs.
Too much of it (700lbs) will.. Still.. I hope this dude had a massive heart attack and that's what killed him.
Great, we have a PET Hog that goes around 300 lbs at the moment, my Daughter has him on the front porch as I type this
Well....they will at least be able to identify you by finger prints as they won't be able to down your hands :D
I heard he went to take a sheet and the hogs ate him. In all seriousness, I also hope he was dead when he hit the ground.
