December 3, 1976 –
During a shoot for the cover of Pink Floyd’s the Animals album, one of the props, an inflatable pig broke free due to a strong gust of wind (gaining a lot of press coverage).
The pig, named Algie, floated above Battersea Power Station, then disappeared from sight within five minutes, and was spotted by airline pilots at forty thousand feet in the air. Flights at Heathrow Airport were cancelled as the huge inflatable pig flew through the path of aircraft, eastwards from Britain and out over the English Channel, finally landing on a rural farm in Kent that night.
Several years ago to commemorate the special reissue of the entire Pink Floyd catalog, the band recreated the album’s cover. The original Algie could not be used because it was too leaky.
The Haus of Dcaligari 