some sailors of circe’s curse were actually captured and brought onboard other boats. when the witch was slain, her spell reversed on all of them, and some of them made it back to new world.
except…
their offspring all changed into pigs every night. during the day, normal people – at night, no good.
one line of offspring intermarried into Dutch family. There is a talisman which prevents the transformation, which one sailor had – he moved with bunch of dutch to NYC, later to PA.
Swienherds farm – keep pigs so nobody notices anything if they come at night – ghastly aspect is that they eat pigs. Will eat people, if anyone figures things out.