Urban legends from the Netherlands, France, Germany, and England, speak of women with the heads of pigs. Similar tales are still extant in the urban legends of the United States.
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Bondeson, Jan. The Two-Headed Boy, and Other Medical Marvels. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2000.
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Long-Nos%27d_Lass
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