Porcine Berserker
The term berserker comes from Old Norse berserkr (plural berserkir), meaning "bare of shirt", meaning a warrior fighting without armor, or "bear shirt", alluding to wearing clothing made of bear fur. Some berserks also took names with björn in them in reference to a bear. The pre-battle ritual of the berserker included ritualistic group chants and dances, serving to work the warriors into a fighting rage; the rituals also seemed to give the berserkers the feeling of invulnerability, causing them to fight with a reckless disregard for their own safety. (From Wikipedia).
Green Bay, Wisconsin is the latest front in the animal uprising. Police there met up wit one of the elite. The berserker pig. They can't be stopped by ordinary means. This is one bad hunk of bacon.
The animal reportedly went into traffic several times, creating a hazard, he said.
Officers located the pig about 7 p.m. and made two attempts to subdue it with a stun gun, he said, but it fled both times after pulling out the Taser probes.
A passerby who described himself as a former pig farmer tried to wrestle the animal, but the animal pulled away from him as well, LePine said.
Three tranquilizer darts were finally used to bring the pig under control, and it was placed in blanket and lifted into an animal control van, LePine said.
Here's the worst part: The pig has a mouthpiece! A lawyer contacted the police to claim the pig for its "owner". We're doomed, the animal uprising has lawyers.
UPDATE: The pig belonged to a lawyer, too. H/T The Rising Jurist who has some sage advice: Obtain a bacon vest when going on a mayhem run!
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Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » Bovine Berserker Breaks Free — Thursday, 12 October , 2006 @ 10:20 am
By the Rising Jurist, Friday, 15 September , 2006 @ 7:44 am
Apparently, its owner is a lawyer. Link.
By Gaius, Friday, 15 September , 2006 @ 10:14 am
There’s a really rude comment just waiting to happen here…..