Farmers: 'Monster Pig' Not a Wild Hog, But Was Their Pet Pig 'Fred'

FoxNews ^ | June 1st, 2007 | AP

[aft_lizard]

FRUITHURST, Ala. — The Mystery of the Monster pig appears to have been solved.

The 1,051-pound hog, shot and killed by 11-year-old Jamison Stone and the subject of a world-wide Web firestorm over the photo's authenticity, really is...

Fred.

That's "Fred" the pig, and according to Rhonda and Phil Blissitt their humongous hog escaped on April 29, four days before it was killed, according to the Star newspaper.

Late Thursday evening, their claims were confirmed by Andy Howell, Game Warden for the Alabama Department of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries.

"I didn't want to stir up anything," Rhonda Blissitt said. "I just wanted the truth to be told. That wasn't a wild pig."

Her husband agreed.

"If it went down in the record book, it would be deceiving, and we'd know that for the rest of our lives."

The monster hog gained worldwide acclaim after he was bagged by 11-year-old Jamison Stone, a Pickensville native, with a .50-caliber pistol on May 3 at the Lost Creek Plantation, LLC, a hunting preserve in Delta. The big boar was hunted inside a large, low-fence enclosure and fired upon 16 times by Stone, who struck the animal nearly a half-dozen times during the three-hour hunt.

[aft_lizard]

Ok I am all for hunting, but this doesn't sit right for me. It's not the hunters fault though it seems but rather that Borden guy who uses farm animals for hunting, thats just not right. Those animals have had alot of there wildness bred out of them and so they aren't much of a 'game', it's kind of like shooting fish in a barrel. This also reminds me of when Bobby Hill went to the hunting farm so he could become a man.

[hershey]

Disgusting. Appalling. Reminds me of an incident a few years ago during hunting season when an idiot hunter stopped in the road to shoot a pet mallard.

[LaineyDee]

Those animals have had alot of there wildness bred out of them and so they aren't much of a 'game', it's kind of like shooting fish in a barrel.

Which answers why the pig didn't turn and charge the kid...

[Vision]

That's "Fred" the pig, and according to Rhonda and Phil Blissitt their humongous hog escaped on April 29, four days before it was killed, according to the Star newspaper.

[LeoWindhorse]

damn! so Michael Moore didn’t buy the farm afterall?...

[VOA]

bump

[aft_lizard]

Not long ago, they decided to sell off all of their pigs. Eddy Borden, owner of Lost Creek Plantation, purchased Fred.

[AmericaUnited]

I guess you missed “their humongous hog escaped “.

The kid didn’t shoot it in their backyard.

[Vigilanteman]

Depending on how the game preserve presented itself, the kid and his family might have a case thinking they were hunting a wild hog who turned out to be a pet sold for that purpose. It certainly cheapens the achievement beyond measure.

[elizabetty]

It's not the hunters fault though it seems but rather that Borden guy who uses farm animals for hunting, thats just not right.

I don't get that. The article says he escaped from his enclosure. You think the guy running the hunting camp captured him?

[Vision]

And your point is?

[Osage Orange]

Pretty hard to stop a 1K lb. hog....from busting thru fences..and entering someone's private hunting area.

FWIW- I'm a big "Open range, Fair chase" hunter...and would never hunt a "Canned Hunt".

But...if the facts are that this hog just busted out of it's owner's pen...and ended up in a game farm. He's fair game....as far as I can see.

[aft_lizard]

You missed the part where they said they sold the pig to the guy who runs the hunting farm.

[U S Army EOD]

Michael Moore was there and ate Fred in one sitting. MSM does not want you to know about that.

[DemEater]

I was flipping channels last night and caught Jack Hannah on ‘gulp’ Olberman talking about the pig. He said he doubted that a wild pig could ever get that big. He said somebody must have been feeding it.

[cripplecreek]

Wonderful lesson to teach the kid. Deception gets attention.

[DemEater]

Ah, the canned hunt that makes vice heads of state feel manly.

[aft_lizard]

Read the whole story and not just what I have on here. They sold the pig to the guy who runs the plantation. He purchased a pig known that it was bred in captivity and then used it for people to hunt.

[cbkaty]

No..it’s FRED Ziffle...the pig is Arnold Ziffle....right?

[Osage Orange]

I stand corrected..........

I failed to read the whole story.

The operator...ought to be ashamed.

My apologies to you.......