Crime

Pig in a scarf: Swine, nattily attired, spotted by drivers, pursued by Pa. police

By Barry Leibowitz

May 31, 2012 / 8:44 AM EDT / CBS News

Pittsburgh area highway, I-376, where motorists spied a pig wearing a scarf on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. CBS Pittsburgh

(CBS/AP) PITTSBURGH - It wasn't exactly like putting lipstick on a pig, but state troopers say a runaway swine on a highway near Pittsburgh was wearing a scarf.

Motorists reported the sharply dressed porker running loose Wednesday morning on Interstate 376. State troopers from the nearby barracks in Findlay Township spotted the animal, but couldn't catch up to it and it scurried off into the woods.

Police say the pig appeared to be a baby and confirmed it was indeed wearing a scarf.

Porquois, pig?

Someone has created a Twitter account - twitter.com/sharpdressedpig. - to chronicle this little piggy's "exploits."