Jesus arrives by boat on a part of the shore of the Sea of Galilee that he's not been to before, he then causes a scene and then he's asked to leave. There's a lot of shouting, a lot of dead pigs and a miffed pig farmer.
The demon-possessed man seems pleased with how things have turned out and is encouraged to tell his story in the cities that surround the eastern side of the lake. His story would be spectacular. He would have been well known and his transformation through Jesus would have added to the intrigue felt by people towards this miracle-working rabbi.
Few people will have such a dramatic story of how Jesus has changed them. However, we do have a story. Where are we supposed to tell this tale? If we only have our words and our actions then our words are important and our actions are important.
What about the pigs?
Maybe the death of the pigs was symbolic.
Maybe the pigs were startled by the commotion and their deaths were coincidental.
Maybe Mark was just reporting events and had no more idea than me about what their deaths meant.
(interesting note - pigs used to live at Yardley cemetery - so, a question - is that a thing?)
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