SLIDELL, La. — A tiny piglet gave Louisiana police the slip for a while at an area hotel.
According to a social media post by the Slidell Police Department, officers received a call about the piglet, who was “causing a bit of a stir.”
“Some calls are serious. Some calls are strange,” police wrote. “And then there are the ones involving a pig running wild at a local hotel, leading officers on a short-lived game of hide-and-seek.”
The elusive porker “wasn’t going to go down without a fight,” police said. The piglet took cover beneath a police cruiser, believing it was going to avoid being captured.
"Spoiler alert: it did not,” police wrote.
Officers believe the piglet was abandoned at the hotel and “was likely just looking for a little protection ... or maybe complimentary breakfast.”
The officers were able to persuade the piglet out from under the vehicle by tempting it with some food.
But this was not a case of a piglet going to the pokey.
Officers took the animal to the Slidell Animal Shelter to be evaluated by a veterinarian.
“Great work by our officers for handling this situation with care, professionalism, and just the right amount of bacon-related restraint,” police wrote, noting in the headline to the post that “We can’t make this stuff up.”
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