Scarf-wearing pig chased by cops on Pittsburgh highway

Today, the best news story of the entire day was surely this unlikely report of a "sharp-dressed pig running loose on a highway" outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Police chased the little porker, believed to be a juvenile, but "failed to catch it before it scurried off into the woods."

Police say the pig appeared to be a baby and confirmed it was wearing a scarf. Police dont know why that is or who may own the animal.

Full story at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, WTAE Pittsburgh, and Associated Press.

I'm running from the police. The irony is not lost on me.

— Sharp-dressed pig (@Sharpdressedpig) May 30, 2012

Just hoofin' it down the highway. Like you wouldn't want to get the hell out of Pittsburgh.

— Sharp-dressed pig (@Sharpdressedpig) May 30, 2012

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• [Pliny_the_Elder]

  As if traffic on the Parkway West Inbound needed to be any worse

• [Shibi_SF]

  Aw that’s cute.  Sharp-dressed pig is tweeting while on the lamb. 

  • [pjcamp]

     Lam.

    Pigs on lambs makes Rick Santorum cry.

    • [Antinous / Moderator]

      He doesn’t like gyros?

      • [absimiliard]

        I somehow suspect Rick Santorum would assert that Gyros aren’t “American enough”.

        -abs is pretty sure that he’d probably also add that “Greek food will make us go bankrupt, and start giving out pensions at 25.  Then everyone will have to answer to Angela Merkel.  And this is why Gyros should be renamed, by Congressional action, and called ‘Tasty pressed Liberty-Meat!’”, but maybe I’m wrong {don’t bet on it, this IS Man-on-dog Rick we’re talking about.}

  • [TheKaz1969]

    isn’t that illegal..?

    • [CLamb]

       If it isn’t some legislator will introduce a bill, probably named “Piggy’s Law”, to make it so.

• [pupdog]

  Cue ZZ Top…

• [MonkeyBoy]

  The picture is kinda hard to see. I hope it wasn’t Rooty the mini pig who I believe lives in Wilkinsburg (parkway East not West)

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubEgvgwmZrs

• [franko]

  this just restored my faith in the internets for another day.

• [redesigned]

   So hard to choose…do i go with:
  “I’m coming Charlotte!!!….”  or  “Pigs chase pigs!”

  naw…too easy, think i’ll go with:
  “A well dressed pig gets no respect!  Next time I’m taking the subway.”

  • [Antinous / Moderator]

    How about “That’ll do, Isadora”?

• [Baanrit]

  I hate to be a buzzkill , but hopefully they round up this dapper porker before he gets hurt or run over! 

• [Ms. Anne Thrope]

  Little different perspective in the South. Uniforms are standard issue for our porcine friends.  This little Pennsylvania porker seems a might underdressed.

• [koko szanel]

  pigs chasing pigs?

• [Ted Bautista]

  hey! it’s p-chan!

• [Johnny Adams]

  Ryoga !

• [RJ]

  Jeremy and Nils are probably looking for that pig.

• [MadRat]

  Someone mentions P-chan/Ryoga but not Porco Rosso?

• [gstott]

  I heard they were filming “Babe III” nearby.

• [cdh1971]

  Weee……Weeeeeeeee……Weeeeeeeeee……..

• [Two Wolves]

  Little dude just wanted to go to Carnegie for an IC Lite.

• [chris jimson]

  Apparently he’s heard of Pittsburgher’s fondness for “chipped ham sandwiches” (from Isaly’s Dairy, of course.)

  Run fast, little buddy.

• [dmax]

  It was heard squealing “I’ll get you Weasley lads if it’s the last thing I do!”

• [Ant]

  Which pig? [grin]