This post is part of a series of editorials written by Bert Walsh during his tenure as president and past president of the Shasta Historical Society. Readers are advised that his humor is often irreverent and rarely politically correct.
Click here for the table of contents for the entire collection of his editorials.
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Awhile back one of our members, a noted authoress, mentioned that she had spotted what appeared to be a two-legged pig with feathers near the Whitmore Fire Hall. Right away I sensed that this was something out of the ordinary that might be interesting to our readers. So I made a point of discussing this with some of the naturalists from the Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve, and we uncovered a fascinating story.
Evidently Mother Nature has managed (Lord knows how) to breed a turkey with a wild boar. These beasts are quite shy and are rarely seen. However, during mating season they produce a distinctive call that has been compared to that of a coyote trapped in a washing machine. The "borkey's" main diet consists of digger pine cones and mashed acorns. The taste of the meat is difficult to describe; it has to be experienced.
These animals can be domesticated and raised just like any other livestock. But because they roost in trees, they have to be herded with a helicopter. Also one has to be very cautious when roping them. Early on there were some really bad accidents when the loop got caught in the rotor blades and the cowboys didn't think to let go.
--BTW
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