Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

     W. F. James, an Arkansas sawmillman and planter, relates a turtle story which he says occured near his home recently. Jim Gullick heard a pig squealing and upon investigation found that a large turtle had come up out of the water, had seized a pig and was dragging its victim back to the water when the hog became fastened between two cypress trees and the turtle could not move it farther. All that Mr. Gullick could do would not make the turtle release its hold on the animal, and he returned to his home and secured an ax and chopped the turtle’s head off. This turtle weighed more than a hundred pounds and was doubtless very old.