RIP Giant Pig

Apparently, pigs can actually fly.

At least Pink Floyd's giant pig can.

The giant two-story pig has been a signature Pink Floyd stage prop for almost thirty years, but I am afraid its glory days are over. This monstrous inflatable pig was tethered at a music festival in Southern California, until they got a little bit of wind. Obviously, whoever tied down that pig wasn't a boy scout because the pig easily broke free and sailed off into the night, with thousands of people watching in amazement at the flying pig.

I could just see this giant pig floating higher and higher and eventually taking out a commercial jetliner. "Hey mommy look at the giant pig" a four year old says as he gazes out the plane window. Unfortunately, for the pigs sake, he did not float higher and higher or visit some exotic island. This huge pig crash landed in the desert.

So your outside and playing with a rattlesnake (or whatever they do for fun in the desert) and suddenly a shadow comes over your head. You have no clue what it could be as if falls further towards you. Just before it hits the ground, the pig impales itself on one of those really big cactus.

Well, anyway, there was a pretty hefty reward for this oversized pork chop. The owner offered $10,000 to whoever found his favorite inflatable pig, and those desert dwellers got lucky. Two couples found shredded remains from that unfortunate swine in their driveways. At first, they had no idea what it was. I mean, how often does a giant inflatable pig crash land in your yard?