Pig sexually assaulted
Enfield, NC (US)

Incident Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2000
County: Halifax

Disposition: Alleged

Alleged: Roger Powell

A 59-year-old Enfield man was arrested for his unnatural love of animals by Halifax County Sheriff's Deputy Gregory Richardson. Richardson received what he thought was a 911 call for a dog bite in Enfield at 6 p.m., Wednesday evening. But when he picked up the call, he was advised that a man was having sex with his female pig in the woods of a residential neighborhood.

According to the Capt. C. E. Ward, the deputy walked down the street to Winter Circle, where the incident was allegedly taking place, and caught Roger Powell in the act of sexually assaulting his pig.

The man was talking to the pig while taking part in the act, said Ward. A 10-year-old boy reported to his mother that it was the third time he had witnessed the man having sexual relations with his pig. According to unofficial reports, Powell explained that he had been engaging in sex with the pig twice per day for the last year, because he was afraid he might catch aids from his human girlfriend who he described as a "crack whore."

Powell was charged with a crime against nature, a felony in North Carolina. The magistrate set a $1,000 unsecured bond.
Powell will be evaluated by Mental Health on June 12. "to find out why he likes to do that," Ward said.

References

• ASAIRS.com
• Daily Herald

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