New hogszilla bagged!

[CarolAnn]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070526/ap_on_fe_st/odd_monster_pig;_ylt=ApgVtUlVTpDVcW9ugGRxTAkZ.3QA



By KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press Writer Sat May 26, 9:32 AM ET

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Hogzilla is being made into a horror movie. But the sequel may be even bigger: Meet Monster Pig. An 11-year-old boy used a pistol to kill a wild hog his father says weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9 feet 4, from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. Think hams as big as car tires.

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:o

[fishinhunter]

wouldnt have wanted to meet him in a dark alley. thats one monster hog.i used to butcher and met a few mean hogs but never one that big

[CarolAnn]

FRUITHURST, Ala. - The huge hog that became known as "Monster Pig" after being hunted and killed by an 11-year-old boy had another name: Fred. The not-so-wild pig had been raised on an Alabama farm and was sold to the Lost Creek Plantation just four days before it was shot there in a 150-acre fenced area, the animal's former owner said.

Phil Blissitt told The Anniston Star in a story Friday that he bought the 6-week-old pig in December 2004 as a Christmas gift for his wife, Rhonda, and that they sold it after deciding to get rid of all the pigs at their farm.

"I just wanted the truth to be told. That wasn't a wild pig," Rhonda Blissitt said.
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Here's a link to the rest.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070602/ap_on_fe_st/monster_pig;_ylt=AlR3gvWtED837Q9RXWF.5n8Z.3QA

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I don't like those "hunting" preserves where they release livestock and represent it as feral!

But it was still a dang big critter for a kid to bag.