Hogzilla, the legend grows

CNN ^ | July 28th, 2004

[missyme]

ALAPAHA, Georgia (AP) -- Around these parts, they are calling it Hogzilla: a 12-foot-long wild hog recently killed on a plantation and now quickly becoming a part of local legend.

The plantation's owner claims the hog weighed 1,000 pounds and had 9-inch tusks. But few people have actually seen the hog -- the only proof being a photo that shows the dead beast hanging from a rope.

Whether the hog ever actually existed or is some sort of Faulknerian myth, it has definitely been the topic of conversation in small towns across southern Georgia.

"People just back up and ask 'Is it real?' They can't believe that there's a hog that big in the woods," said Drew White, who has a copy of the photo on display at an auto parts store in Tifton, about 17 miles away.

Chris Griffin said he killed the beast last month at the River Oak Plantation, where he is a hunting guide, and has been showing off the picture around this small farming community ever since. The hog is nearly twice as long as the 6-foot-tall Griffin, who is seen standing next to it in the photo.

[missyme]

There is a picture of Hogzilla but I cannot post it.....

[King Prout]

I live only a couple of hours from there, and this is the first time I have ever heard of this

[missyme]

Can you post the picture of Hogzilla off the CNN web-site?

[Dane]

There is a picture of Hogzilla but I cannot post it....

You're right, already to many pictures of michael moore on FR, already.

[missyme]

hahahahaha too funny....Maybe his twin is hanging off the vine in the pic!

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I make it ~ 8' nose to base of tail.

[exnavy]

Reminds me of an old girlfriend ...

[boomop1]

The picture on the cnn link looks a bit phony, he is quite a bit behind the hanging whatever which distorts the size.

[missyme]

Hey Cool! Thank U!kinda looks like a hippo

[Dane]

Here you go missy,

When you wnat to post a picture, put your arrow in the picture, right click your mouse and then click, "copy image".

Then on FR put a < then img src="paste copied web address", then a > to close.

[missyme]

Kind of Strange first the Horse Dog and now Hogzilla what odd animal will be next?

[null and void]

See my FReepmail for essentially the same thing...

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A Hildabeast?

[missyme]

Okay..next time I will give it a try! Thank You!

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PINGZILLA STOMP!

I wonder if radiation was involved? At least Tokyo was, fortunately, spared this time. Certainly, some trailer parks were in grave danger.

Too bad the hog's dead...he could have gotten a part in the next Godzilla movie.

GO, GO GODZILLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Servant of the 9]

Domestic Boars of some breeds get that big, but I was always told that a feral hog could not find enough high energy food to grow to that size.

So9

[missyme]

The only hogs I have seen have been at the zoo and they were quite small....He looks like he is mixed with hippo

[Vigilantcitizen]

Domestic Boars of some breeds get that big, but I was always told that a feral hog could not find enough high energy food to grow to that size.

Hunting plantations, like the one where hogzilla was killed, plant acres of wild food plots for the purpose of making the deer grow large. Which makes them magnets for feral hogs.