The two-story inflatable pig belonging to former Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters’ was lost on Sunday night during his Coachella performance. The organizers of the acclaimed California music festival are offering a $10,000 award and four life-long festival tickets for its return.
The pig, which has been a feature stage prop for Pink Floyd since their single “Pig on the Wing,” floated away during Waters’ closing set. The pig was lost once before in 1977 during a photo shoot in London, but was later recovered for their “Animals” album cover.
The lost Coachella pig, which is not actually the original but merely a prototype of past pigs, features the slogan “Don’t be led to the slaughter” along with a cartoon of Uncle Sam holding meat cleavers. The flip side says “Fear builds walls” and has a checked-off ballot for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Search teams have been put together to locate the pig, and concerned festival goers are asked to email lostpig+coachella.com with any information on its whereabouts.
