The pigs live on Big Major Cay, one of the over 365 islands in Exuma, a district of the Bahamas. Also known as Pig Beach, it is entirely uninhabited by humans and the only way to reach it is by boat.
The swimming pigs are shrouded in mystery. Local legends abound, from a tale about a shipwreck to one about hungry pirates who dropped them off and never made it back for their meal. However, Wayde Nixon claims to have brought the first pigs to the island with his business partner, Don Rolle, in hopes of starting up a pig farm in the late 1990s. Nixon told the Today show he was preparing a sustainable food supply in case of the feared Y2K computer meltdown. I'm sure the pigs are happy that didn't happen.
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