A 500-pound porky pig apprehended after a prank caller falsely reported it was munching on human remains has been relocated to an animal rehabilitation center.
Police and cadaver dogs responding to the anonymous phone call on Friday swarmed the suspect pig’s basement abode in west Detroit and found it trapped down there, living in at least a foot-deep layer of its own fifth, without food or water.
Investigators learned the abandoned porcine belonged to a recently-deceased hoarder, and the bogus tip concerning a crime scene was most likely made by a well-meaning citizen hoping to alert officials to the stranded animal’s plight.
However, there were no steps leading down to the subterranean enclosure -- just a ladder -- so it took several failed attempts to rescue Detroit’s porky pig, apprehended only after officers finally erected a ramp.
Twelve hours into the peculiar police/pig standoff, the hungry hog was finally coaxed into surrendering via the makeshift boardwalk with, of course, a promise of slop.
