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  • Legend Grows Around 1,000-Pound Hog Reportedly Killed on Georgia Plantation

    07/28/2004 3:50:23 PM PDT · by Leroy S. Mort · 46 replies · 5,596+ views
    AP ^ | Jul 28 2004 | Elliott Minor
    ALAPAHA, Ga. (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...