TIL in 1642, the birth of a "monstrous" one-eyed pig led the townspeople of New Haven, Connecticut to believe a local one-eyed man was the biological father. He was found guilty of bestiality and swiftly executed.
https://alphahistory.com/pastpeculiar//1641-one-eyed-man-hanged-for-fathering-deformed-piglet/
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