Big Joe was a mean pig and a natural troublemaker who regularly got out of his pen in Eunice to throw his weight around. Sam McManus thought of himself as a gallant knight like the ones who slew dragons and saved towns in ancient times.
The headline in the Ville Platte Gazette on Feb. 12, 1938, tells what happened when they met: “Man and Pig Battle Said Real Classic.” The gallant knight won t...