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R8RFAN · 10-02-2012, 10:39 AM

http://myfox8.com/2012/10/02/officia...n-by-his-hogs/

Officials: Oregon farmer eaten by his hogs

COQUILLE, Ore. — Oregon authorities are investigating how a farmer was eaten by his hogs.
Terry Vance Garner, 69, never returned after he set out to feed his animals last Wednesday on his farm near the Oregon coast, the Coos County district attorney said Monday.
A family member found Garner’s dentures and pieces of his body in the hog enclosure several hours later, but most of his remains had been consumed, District Attorney Paul Frasier said. Several of the hogs weighed 700 pounds or more.
It’s possible Garner had a medical emergency, such as a heart attack, or was knocked over by the animals, then killed and eaten, Frasier said, adding that at least one hog had previously bitten Garner.
The possibility of foul play is being investigated as well.
“For all we know, it was a horrific accident, but it’s so doggone weird that we have to look at all possibilities,” Frasier told The Register-Guard.
A pathologist was unable to identify a cause or manner of death, the newspaper reported. The remains will be examined by a forensic anthropologist at the University of Oregon.
Terry Garner was “a good-hearted guy” who cared for several huge adult sows and a boar named Teddy, said his brother, Michael Garner, 75, of Myrtle Point.
Piglets were typically sold to local 4-H kids.
“Those animals were his life,” Michael Garner said. “He had all kinds of birds, and turkeys that ran all over the place. Everybody knew him.”
Michael Garner said one of the large sows bit his brother last year when he accidentally stepped on a piglet.
“He said he was going to kill it, but when I asked him about it later, he said he had changed his mind,” the brother said.
Domestic hogs are not typically known to be as aggressive as their feral cousins, but “there is some degree of danger associated with any animal,” John Killefer, who heads the Animal and Rangeland Sciences Department at Oregon State University in Corvallis, told the newspaper.
While pigs “are more omnivorous than other farm animals, (such as) cows,” Killefer called the case highly unusual.
Most hogs are raised until they reach a market weight of between 250 and 300 pounds, while breeding female pigs rarely weigh more than 400 pounds, Killefer said.

ghak99 · 10-02-2012, 10:47 AM

Guessing his hands are full, bacon shortage and all.

10-02-2012, 10:52 AM

He was dead before the hogs ate him. I don't even have letters following my name and I know that. Hogs aren't coyotes. They aren't predators.

**ptlyon** · 10-02-2012, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

He was dead before the hogs ate him. I don't even have letters following my name and I know that. Hogs aren't coyotes. They aren't predators.

Yeah, but someone really should be watching those cows in the chick fil a commercials...

frankotank · 10-02-2012, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

He was dead before the hogs ate him. I don't even have letters following my name and I know that. Hogs aren't coyotes. They aren't predators.

nuh uh

couldn't find man eating hog video from Hannibal so this had to do....

oldandslow · 10-02-2012, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

He was dead before the hogs ate him. I don't even have letters following my name and I know that. Hogs aren't coyotes. They aren't predators.

You ever raised pigs? I have and some of them can be the meanest sons o' bitches on the face of the planet.

And they can be predatory if you are between them and food or sex or the hole in the fence.

FAX · 10-02-2012, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by oldandslow

You ever raised pigs? I have and some of them can be the meanest sons o' bitches on the face of the planet.

And they can be predatory if you are between them and food or sex or the hole in the fence.

Absolutely. Legion are the innocent cave peeps who were killed to death by wild pigs and boars and the like. If you notice, all the ancient cave paintings of pigs are found inside a red circle with a diagonal slash.

FAX

Radar Chief · 10-02-2012, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by oldandslow

You ever raised pigs? I have and some of them can be the meanest sons o' bitches on the face of the planet.

And they can be predatory if you are between them and food or sex or the hole in the fence.

Yea, ^this. There’s a reason guys hunt pigs with pit bulls.

oldandslow · 10-02-2012, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Yea, ^this. There’s a reason guys hunt pigs with pit bulls.

We were loading pigs a couple of years ago when one slammed into my wife and broke her leg.

Expensive bacon, that one.

ghak99 · 10-02-2012, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Yea, ^this. There’s a reason guys hunt pigs with pit bulls.

...and there is a reason a few, finish it with nothing but a Bowie. Primal, exhilarating, intoxicating. A moment you never forget, and can't wash off.

Radar Chief · 10-02-2012, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ghak99

...and there is a reason a few, finish it with nothing but a Bowie. Primal, exhilarating, intoxicating. A moment you never forget, and can't wash off.

Jared Allen, is that you?

10-02-2012, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by oldandslow

You ever raised pigs? I have and some of them can be the meanest sons o' bitches on the face of the planet.

And they can be predatory if you are between them and food or sex or the hole in the fence.

I have and I've watched them dine on the carcasses of mammals. They won't even touch it until rigor sets in. I know they're mean but they're also predictable. They aren't going to eat a man unless he's been laying there dead for an hour.

htismaqe · 10-02-2012, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

I have and I've watched them dine on the carcasses of mammals. They won't even touch it until rigor sets in. I know they're mean but they're also predictable. They aren't going to eat a man unless he's been laying there dead for an hour.

This.

Frazod · 10-02-2012, 10:57 AM

one who sucks the penis!!!!!!!!!

seclark · 10-02-2012, 11:06 AM

saw him just a little while ago.

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R8RFAN Molôn Labé Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: North Carolina Casino cash: $8466872	Anybody seen Hogfarmer? http://myfox8.com/2012/10/02/officia...n-by-his-hogs/ Officials: Oregon farmer eaten by his hogs COQUILLE, Ore. — Oregon authorities are investigating how a farmer was eaten by his hogs. Terry Vance Garner, 69, never returned after he set out to feed his animals last Wednesday on his farm near the Oregon coast, the Coos County district attorney said Monday. A family member found Garner’s dentures and pieces of his body in the hog enclosure several hours later, but most of his remains had been consumed, District Attorney Paul Frasier said. Several of the hogs weighed 700 pounds or more. It’s possible Garner had a medical emergency, such as a heart attack, or was knocked over by the animals, then killed and eaten, Frasier said, adding that at least one hog had previously bitten Garner. The possibility of foul play is being investigated as well. “For all we know, it was a horrific accident, but it’s so doggone weird that we have to look at all possibilities,” Frasier told The Register-Guard. A pathologist was unable to identify a cause or manner of death, the newspaper reported. The remains will be examined by a forensic anthropologist at the University of Oregon. Terry Garner was “a good-hearted guy” who cared for several huge adult sows and a boar named Teddy, said his brother, Michael Garner, 75, of Myrtle Point. Piglets were typically sold to local 4-H kids. “Those animals were his life,” Michael Garner said. “He had all kinds of birds, and turkeys that ran all over the place. Everybody knew him.” Michael Garner said one of the large sows bit his brother last year when he accidentally stepped on a piglet. “He said he was going to kill it, but when I asked him about it later, he said he had changed his mind,” the brother said. Domestic hogs are not typically known to be as aggressive as their feral cousins, but “there is some degree of danger associated with any animal,” John Killefer, who heads the Animal and Rangeland Sciences Department at Oregon State University in Corvallis, told the newspaper. While pigs “are more omnivorous than other farm animals, (such as) cows,” Killefer called the case highly unusual. Most hogs are raised until they reach a market weight of between 250 and 300 pounds, while breeding female pigs rarely weigh more than 400 pounds, Killefer said.
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