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Posted on 01/05/2007 10:21:08 AM PST by Cagey
FAYETTE COUNTY -- An urban legend comes to life, and meets its death in northeast Georgia.
A boar weighing 1,100 pounds was shot and killed in a Fayette County neighborhood.
Residents say the wild hog had been tearing up their yards for years.
These so-called "hogzillas" have been spotted and killed in south Georgia in recent years, but the Department of Natural Resources is trying to determine if the pig shot in Fayette County this week is a state record.
People passing by the Coursey house are amazed by the boar hanging from a tree in the front yard. William Coursey, an avid hunter, shot the pig in a neighbor's yard.
Coursey says the boar is one of four that had been roaming the neighborhood, uprooting yards for seven years. He says the other three animals may have been killed previously.
He says he thought it was myth until now. Coursey and his son took the hog to a local weigh station, where it weighed in at 1,100 pounds. It's an estimated 9 feet long.
The Courseys believe the hefty hog may be the biggest ever, based on statistics they say they found in a local hunting magazine.
Experts say the large pigs are "feral," meaning they were once domesticated but now run wild. They can be dangerous, and the DNR urges that you call wildlife experts to remove the animals.
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Georgia Pig Man.
That doesn't look like a wild pig. I've seen domestic boars larger than that one.
Should keep that guy in bacon and pork chops for awhile.
wonder if they can be broke to saddle?
Saddam's coffin?
This photo adds more perspective to it's size.
Wow...and my wife claims I'm a big pig!
....That doesn't look like a wild pig....
To be precise, it is a feral hog, a domestic hog gone wild.
There was a big deal about this earlier where the term "hogzilla" was created. The claim was refuted and the body was dug up and shown to be smaller than claimed.
Don't need no 'expert', how about I just grab the 30-06 and do it myself??
In pic 6 of 8 at the link there's a gal standing by the hog who's almost as big as the boar!!!!!
GIRLS HOGS GONE WILD!
Rabbit vs. Snake
First a rabbit takes on Jimmy Carter with an oar, now this little fella takes on a snake plenty big enough to do him in, and does well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ez5QPW-ku4
HOGS GONE WILD PARTY BUS!
Silly Wabbit!
My favorite line from that story:
Trevno said the bicyclist "wasn't really commenting about pain. He was just wanting the bus off of him."
LOL!
BTW, I haven't seen her post in a long time!
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