At the Chicago Civic Center on Friday, August the 23rd of 1968, a left-wing political group prepared a bid to challenge for the U.S. presidency.

Just as they began their announcement, though,

the candidate, along with several close aides,

was arrested by the Chicago police.

The aides were bailed out of jail later that day, but the candidate

himself was never heard from again. It was speculated that the chief of police had later cooked and eaten him for dinner.

This was the eve of Vice President Hubert Humphrey's Democratic National Convention. Humphrey had earned the Democratic Party nomination following the assassination of

John F. Kennedy and will face Richard Nixon in the general election later that year.

Much like the most recent U.S election,

the prospect of a choice between Nixon and Humphrey

proved unsatisfying to many voters, especially on the left.

Between dropping acid and vibing out to Hendrix, the Beatles and Janice Joplin,

many in the hippie movement were also protesting years of escalating involvement

in the war in Vietnam and slow progress towards racial desegregation.

To those who sought to overthrow the established order, Humphrey and

Nixon were one the same.

So one political activism group called the Youth International Party line

decided to take a stand by nominating a candidate to challenge for the highest office.

It was 145 pounds black and brown with a prominent snout.

They called him Pigas.

Piggasus grew up on a farm, but was now the figurehead of the movement.

He became so famous, in fact, that his aides claimed a threat to his life and they demanded

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