Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1895 — A Whistling Pig. [ARTICLE]

A Whistling Pig.

Some Leavenworth (Kan.) hunters, who have been taking a vacation in the Icicle mountains, describe a peculiar animal, many of which they say are to be found in the higher parts of the range . This animal is known as the “whistling pig,” but it is said to resemble a fox more than a pig, and io weighs from twenty-five to forty pounds. In color it ranges from a dark gray to almost white. It is said to whistle in a most remarkable manner, and many a time it has fooled the lonely prospector into the idea that he was not alone in the mountains. One of the gentlemen declares that these animals are musical wonders, and that often they give open air concerts that are well worth hearing.