During Roger Waters’ highly anticipated set at the recently concluded Coachella Festival in SoCal, an inflatable pig prop which Waters used as an effigy to deliver political and anti-capitalism messages was seen floating freely on air and was thought to be never seen again.

But they were all wrong.

Just a day after the massive and hollow swine figure went floating on air, residents near the festival’s venue surfaced with remnants of the effigy. Those particular residents would not have given the pieces of plastic they found in their properties if the producers hadn’t offered a $10,000 reward for those who could tell about the “whereabouts” of the missing pig.

Unfortunately for the pig, she was found alright, but in pathetic almost unrecognizable pieces.

But luckily for two SoCal residents, each of them will be receiving $5,000 for returning the pig’s “mutilated” plastic parts to event organizers – probably the easiest five grand they have earned thanks to a massive piece of plastic which randomly landed in the driveway, as for Susan Stoltz’s case or atop the plant which bounded Judy Rimmer’s front yard. The two bounty hunters will share in the $10,000 reward.

Event producer Bill Fold confirmed the “identity” of the pig’s unattached “parts” on Tuesday and claimed that those indeed, belonged to Roger Waters and company.

According festival rep Marcee Rondan, the two-storey-house tall and two-school-bus wide inflatable pig was instrumental in Waters’ performance of the track “Pigs”, taken from Pink Floyd’s 1977 release “Animals”, which similar to their other records, conveys very progressive and radical messages pertaining to global politics and economy.

But everyone was surprised when the helium-filled figure detached itself from the stage and flew away, “it wasn’t supposed to happen that way”, Rondan added.

Among the messages that the effigy contained was conveyed through an illustration of Uncle Sam holding two choppers coated in blood. The artwork was accompanied by the slogan “Don’t be led to the slaughter”. Another slogan, “fear builds walls” can also be read opposite the illustration while at the bottom of the effigy, a check mark alongside Barack Obama’s name can also be seen, which indicates Waters’ support for the Democratic Party presidential nominee.