Matthew 8:34 Then the whole town came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their neighborhood.

These people had witnessed a powerful miracle—a legion of wild demons had been cast out of 2 possessed men (by Jesus), then they entered a herd of pigs, then they threw all the pigs into the ocean. The 2 men were healed and restored to themselves, but the observers were terrified! Can we really blame them?