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Edgar Allen Toes & Edna Adale Toes

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Edgar and Edna are both pot-bellied pigs. They are each around 4 years old. They live inside with their humans Michael and Julie Hestor.

Both Edgar and Edna are famous on Facebook and both currently have more followers than me. Edgar has 174 followers and Edna has 192 followers. I only have 59 followers.

Talking with Michael and Julie I learned that pot-bellied pigs are sometimes purchased because they are so cute and adorable when they are baby pigs.

Once they grow up, sometimes they become a burden on the owner. Perhaps the owner didn’t expect that they would grow up to get so big, but they do.

Unfortunately, many pigs are then mistreated and abandoned. Pot-bellied pigs are a very emotional species and share similar traits as humans.

I was surprised to learn that they can become depressed and experience many of the things humans do. One source even said that pigs have dreams daily like humans do. Can you really believe that? They also love sleeping snout to snout.

They are considered very highly intelligent animals and are said to be,” smarter than a three-year old child.”(Tram,Lillian)

Some interesting facts about pot bellied pigs are; they have weak eye vision, they have to use their sense of smell to communicate and function, ironically they like to be clean and they never go potty where they sleep.

Amazingly, “they have more than 20 different vocalizations they use to communicate with each other.”

Michael and Julie have joined forces with organizations that prioritize in putting these abandoned pigs into the hands of good people willing to be adoptive parents and give these pigs a good home.

If you need help rehoming a pot-bellied pig or even adopting a pot-bellied pig you can reach out to Michael and Julie via Facebook by following Edgar and Ednas Facebook Page.

Or if you just wish to keep up with Edgar and Edna, please like and follow their pages on Facebook.

You will fall absolutely in love with them!

You can even watch the video of Edgars first bath in the 🛁.

Featured in this photo is Edgar and Edna.

Photo Credits: Michael & Julie Hestor

Taken From Edgar & Edna Allen Toes Facebook Page

Sources:

Tram,Lillian (Cool Facts) Taken on 12/13/16 from http://www.mypigmeup/pig-jokes-puns-and-facts/

A Short Prose About A Pig Named Edgar Allen Toes

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Edgar Allen Toes is a POT-bellied pig. This baby 🐖 was about to hit the jack-POT when it came to finding his lucky adoptive parents.

He would be the chosen one. This pigs tail would be the tale of every swine’s envy.

This is his story.

It all started when a beautiful

young woman, named Julie Hestor, was on her way to Florida to visit her parents.

She was very fun and spontaneous, and loved to go to the casino 🎰.

Well she decided to go that day to a casino and try her luck.

You never know right? Plus sometimes a girl just wants to have some fun. So that’s what she did.

Well Julie was a magnetic force that day…because she just happened to sit at a machine that already had winnings.

She cashed it in and was instantly sixty bucks richer. 💰(That‘s pretty cool hu?) Can you say…Cha-Ching? Cha-Ching!💵💵

Julie was pretty happy to have that extra spending money in her pocket. It’s no surprise that she wanted to stop at a flea market next.

You never know what you’re going to find there. All sorts of treasures waiting to be discovered. Odds and ends, knickknacks, and what-nots!

Julie was browsing all the wonderful and exciting things, when she heard a high-pitched squealing. She rushed over to see what the fuss was all about.

She stood there and watched several pot-bellied piglets run away squealing. But there was only one who stayed. He didn’t run away.

He would be the chosen one. He just stood there like a soldier at attention.

He looked into her eyes and that instant they became connected soul to soul forever and ever.

Julie used her casino winnings to seal the deal. She paid $30 for him and off they went.

Julie then took her new baby pot bellied pig on the trip, because remember she was still heading to Florida.

Finally she arrived at her destination. Julie tried to be inconspicuous as she gave the baby pig a bath in her mother’s beautiful, luxurious, and expensive bathtub.

Afterwards she was a little remorseful for that, but it turned out ok, because her mother grew fond of the baby pig too.

Two days later, Julies beloved husband, Michael lost his dad.

But the baby pot bellied piggy was such an emotional creature that a connection was formed between the two of them. They found comfort and friendship in each other.

Over time Michael became best friends with the baby piggy and they were inseparable from then on.

They named this baby piggy EDGAR ALLEN TOES. They took him home to Fort Worth, Texas and made him a part of their family.

Since Julie and Michael loved horror films they thought this was a good name for the baby pot-bellied pig. Also the initials spelled out are E. A. T. (Pretty clever don’t you think?)

Soon It was December 7, and it was Julie and Michael’s 22’nd Wedding Anniversary. So, Michael decided to do something special.

As a wedding gift to his wife, he went out and found Edgar Allen Toes a pot-bellied piggy wife.

He brought her home and he named her EDNA ADALE TOES. Now they could all live happily ever after just like pigs in a blanket.

Well maybe not Edgar….because guess what?

Edna snores!

The End.

Based on a true story.

Photo credits: Michael and Julie Hestor