Simviation Forum - Floyd inflatable pig goes missing!

Apr 30^th, 2008 at 6:57am

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A reward has been offered for a giant inflatable pig which floated into the Californian desert during a concert by ex-Pink Floyd star Roger Waters.

Organisers of the Coachella Festival have put up a $10,000 (£5,090) bounty, plus tickets for life, for its return.

The pig, which is the width of two buses, has a checked ballot box for US presidential hopeful Barack Obama painted on its underbelly.

Waters said "that's my pig" as it drifted away during Sunday's gig.

The animal's flanks bear the slogans "fear builds walls" and "don't be led to the slaughter", with a cartoon of Uncle Sam holding two meat cleavers.

Prototype pig

Coachella spokeswoman Marcee Rondan said: "It wasn't really supposed to happen that way.

"People are putting search teams together to find this pig.

"But it may never be seen again," she added, saying the inflatable was likely to lose air as its journey continued.

The pig was tethered to the ground with ropes and floated away as Waters was playing one of the versions of Pink Floyd song Pigs.

The group have used inflatable pigs during their concerts in the past, and the lost animal was the same prototype as all the others, according to Ms Rondan.

The festival are asking for anyone with any information about the pig to contact them on lostpig@coachella.com.

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Reply #1 - Apr 30^th, 2008 at 7:13am

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Who said pigs can't fly Grin

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Reply #2 - Apr 30^th, 2008 at 7:14am

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We avouch having freed the pig.

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Reply #3 - Apr 30^th, 2008 at 8:36am

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Shooting down the Barack Obama inflatable Pig?.... Shocked

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..that awful Hilliary Clinton woman will resort to anything dastardly to become the Presidentress of the ~~United States of America~~ World.......
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I do hope the Pig is safely returned...and peace, (and nice music), throughout the World will be restored......)...!

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Reply #4 - Apr 30^th, 2008 at 1:48pm

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OINK OINK. How many of these inflatable pigs are there? How difficult can it be to find it back. It's not like there is an inflatable pig lost every week, is there?

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Reply #5 - Apr 30^th, 2008 at 1:54pm

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Will it ever end? First, this Rev. Wright controversy and, now, a running mate gets high?

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Reply #6 - May 1^st, 2008 at 12:22am

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Hehe in March 2007, when Waters played in Lima(it was in an open space), the inflatable pig was set completely free (while they were playing "Sheep"), and it exploded about 3km from the concert place....

I know a friend who has a small part of the Algie the pig.. and have seen it myself Cool

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Reply #7 - May 1^st, 2008 at 7:13pm

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This is getting a tad boring. It's not the first time this has happened. http://www.batterseapowerstation.org.uk/floyd/floyd.html

The pig has now been recovered if anyone's interested. Tongue

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Reply #8 - May 8^th, 2008 at 9:07pm

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Roger Waters' flying prop comes back to earth

Apr 30, 2008

The giant inflatable pig which floated away during a Roger Waters concert at the weekend has been recovered in tatters in California.

The pig was found by two families on their driveways in La Quinta.

They will split the $10,000 (£5,090) reward offered by the Coachella music festival, from where the pig went missing.

Coachella spokeswoman Marcee Rondan explained: "It wasn't really supposed to happen that way."

The pig was tethered to the ground with ropes and floated away as Waters was playing the Pink Floyd song 'Pigs On The Wing'.

Pink Floyd had used inflatable pigs during their concerts in the past, and the lost animal was the same prototype as all the others, according to Rondan.

The two families who found what was left of the inflatable have also decided to share four life tickets to the Coachella Festival that were offered as part of the reward, reports BBC News.

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Reply #9 - May 9^th, 2008 at 6:12am

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bet the guy is wishing he had included the proviso "in good condition" now Grin

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