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THE STUFFED PIG WAS PRESENTED AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT TO GERMOME FLAZO OF CANON CITY COLORADO, 1964. IT WAS A PRESENT FROM HIS MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, MRS. IRNA MAE BUNTZEL. MRS. BUNTZEL, 66 AT THE TIME, IN ADDITION TO BEING THE FIRST WOMAN MEAT CUTTER IN BULGE NORTH DAKOTA WAS ALSO THE SUBJECT OF A ‘RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT’ CARTOON IN 1949 FOR EATING 1,209 BUTTONS ON A DARE. SHE DIED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1966 WHEN SHE FELL IN HER BATHROOM AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE EDGE OF THE DOOR.
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