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Beaufort police chase runaway piglets dubbed Bacon Bits – and call them cri-ham-inals

Beaufort Police in South Carolina shared video of officers on a foot chase after two runaway piglets nicknamed Bacon Bits – accused of fleeing, squealing and being career cri-ham-inals – before returning them safely to their owner.

By The Gorilla Desk6 November 20262 min readSource: WTOC

Cartoon police officers chasing two tiny piglets down a Beaufort street with a BACON BITS wanted poster — AI illustration – not the actual chase or piglets. Image: Gorilla Gazette / AI-generated image

Forget car thieves. In Beaufort, South Carolina, officers found themselves in a foot chase after two runaway piglets – nicknamed Bacon Bits – who were, in the force’s own words, accused of fleeing, squealing and being career “cri-ham-inals”.

The Beaufort Police Department shared video of the pursuit on social media. No harm was done: officers safely caught both piglets and returned them to their owner. Local TV station WTOC and other Gray News outlets picked up the clip on 5 November 2026.

Bay Street in historic Beaufort, South Carolina Real photo: Bay Street, Beaufort, South Carolina (2019) – not from the chase. Photo: Farrargirl / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).

Stock photo of a piglet Stock photo: a piglet (2023) – not one of the Bacon Bits. Photo: Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons).

Cartoon piglets Bacon and Bits at a police desk with CRI-HAM-INALS chalkboard, Gaz hidden on the wall AI illustration – imagined booking. (Spot Gaz, our gorilla, hiding somewhere in this picture.)