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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Wild Hogs Delay Traffic on
Remembering the past
Hwy 40 East of Inglis
An entire wild pig family met their demise early Monday morning in an accident
on Hwy 40 E by Little Lake Carpenter just west of Peaceful Acres. Karen Mosburg of Inglis
was on her way to work in Ocala at 6:15 AM when the pig family entered the roadway at the
same time in the early morning darkness. Karen was driving a heavy duty Chevy Surburban
and could not alter her path with guard rails on both sides of the road and hit all 8 pigs in a
group crossing from south to north. Karen said she equated it to the motion of a wild Disney
ride she had in the past.
The sow weighed approximately 90 lbs and the young were 50 lbs. each. There was
minor damage to the large Surburban after rolling over the 8 pigs and Karen drove off to get
the vehicle checked out.
Karen’s major concern was her husband Larry was not far behind her going to work
in Ocala on a motorcycle and her first action was to call and warn him. Wildlife of all types
is on the move right now with all the springs and lakes drying up and these animals have to
travel to get water.
In January 1965 Levy County Sheriff Pat Hartley examines a small confiscated moonshine
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operation found in Gulf Hammock. Raising a family was hard and making moonshine wasn’t
a hobby but a way of survival in the past. With nationwide Prohibition in 1920, the illegal
moonshine market exploded.Orwell Pt., Homosassa, Florida 34446 moonshine shot up
5093 S. Suddenly no legal alcohol was available and
like a rocket. Sugar based moonshine which was cheaper to make became popular as well as
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which eventually hurt the makers. When Prohibition ended in 1933 the need for illegal shine
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WEB thenewscaster.com •still was a way to make a living•in the woods and beat those government excise
grew thin. It newscasterarchives.com history.newscasterarchives.com • thehealthc
taxesertistore bought goods. Government revenuers searched the& SW Marion Counties
Adv on sing at Reasonable Rates for S Levy, NE Citrus woods and busted stills to
stop the practice that shorted revenue for the government. Moonshiner got it’s name from
those hiding and making shine in the dark to avoid being caught. The bootleggers were the
ones who transported and smuggled the shine andrumrunners smuggled the goods by water.
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Roger Crossman, (pictured) South Levy Fire Chief who lives across the lake, heard the collision
and responded. The slaughtered pigs were pulled off the road and traffic was slowed by South
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Levy Fire until Florida Highway Patrol Troopers Jesse Hoover and Trevor Guenther arrived,
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made a report and the roadway washed off by Crossman.
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Inglis
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acres in Gulf Hammock approx-
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imately 400 ft on the Wekeiva
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River Approx. 1200 ft of Hwy
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19 frontage. Pasture and woods
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where wildlife abounds.
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