An old friends (RIP) ex-wife (they were both from Raceland) that was very cajun had a pet nutria as a young girl, she said it acted just like their dog….
Back in the 60s, I spent a weekend wit my uncle n his family in Baldwin LA, outside of Morgan City. It was sparsely populated, but there was this huge wild hog that would walk up n down the street n it scared me! My uncle said, don’t b, it was jus the neighborhood “dog”! 😂