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The pig, which has been a signature Pink Floyd stage prop
since its appearance on the 1977 cover of "Animals" and the
song "Pigs on Wings," broke away from its tethers on Sunday
night at Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival. The festival organizers offered a $10,000 reward for the
two-story inflatable pig belonging to ex-Pink Floyd frontman
Roger Waters. Two couples said on Wednesday they had found the shredded
plastic remains of the pig outside their homes. The pig, bearing political slogans and the word "Obama"
next to a ticked ballot box for U.S. Democratic presidential
hopeful Barack Obama, was used by Waters during his set at the
festival in the desert east of Los Angeles. Steve Stoltz found a big pile of shredded plastic in his La
Quinta, California, driveway early on Monday morning when he
went to get his newspaper. "We didn't even know what it was then, but that's all I
hear about now," his wife Susan Stoltz told Reuters. Her neighbor, Judy Rimmer, found an even bigger pile in her
driveway. Since then the neighbors have shared several pork
jokes, she said. "My sons who are in their 20s will think I'm pretty cool,"
said Susan Stoltz. At first the couples thought they were victims of a
practical joke. But after reading mass media coverage of the
missing pig they contacted festival organizers who
authenticated the remains. "They were really anxious to have the pig's remains, but we
kept souvenirs," Susan Stoltz said. Stoltz said the two couples will split the $10,000 reward
offered by the festival organizers and will each get four
festival tickets for life. (Editing by Jill Serjeant and Sandra Maler) |
A giant inflatable pig that went
missing from a Southern California music festival at the
weekend has been found in tatters in a desert town. 
