Image by Francesca M from Pixabay

In my struggles to complete this post last night, I came across and article about Londoners’ obsession with pig-faced ladies. I kid you not, in 1815, it seems the entire city was caught up in the rumors of people catching glimpses of a woman, either wealthy or not, depending on who was relating the story, whose face bore a striking resemblance to that of a common pig!

Now, rather than try and paraphrase the entire article, I am including the link to Atlas Obscura, where the complete story, along with relevant background, is laid out by Sarah Crocker:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pig-faced-lady-london

(It reminds me of some of the ridiculous claims and so-called facts we are inundated with on the internet)

Enjoy!