Not so sty-lish behavior

KHON KAEN: A man accused by villagers of having sex with a neighbor’s pig has agreed to pay the owner 500 baht in compensation. Sa-ngad Hapanna, 39, a resident of Baan Tonnoi in Muang district, filed a complaint with the village headman after neighbors alerted her the night before that they saw the man having sex with one of her pigs. When she went to see what had happened, K. Sa-ngad said she saw the man, identified only as Chid, 30, taking a bath beside her pig pen, wearing only underpants. “One of my sows was found walking nearby outside the pen with swollen genitals. My neighbors insisted they saw the man having sex with the pig after they came out to see why it was squealing,” she said. A handful of lead-tree leaves was found nearby. The neighbors said they had been used to lure the pig out of its sty. Chid denied having sex with the pig. He said he was only washing his feet beside the pig pen after having gone fishing that night. It was not reported why he chose the pig pen as a place to bathe. After negotiations, moderated by village headman Pramuan Laobaankhor, Chid agreed to pay K. Sa-ngad 500 baht to settle the matter.