Hogzilla
You wouldn't want to run into this thing while out for a stroll in the woods. It's a 1000lb wild hog with 9-inch tusks, nicknamed Hogzilla, that hunting Guide Chris Griffin claims to have shot in Georgia last month. To put this in perspective, 500lb wild hogs are considered enormous. No one has ever heard of a 1000lb wild hog before, so it's raising a few eyebrows. Plus, the only evidence for the creature's existence is a picture Griffin snapped of himself posing beside it. He says that he buried the hog soon after killing it. In the picture of Griffin with Hogzilla, the hog sure looks big. Hogzilla could be real. Or the picture could be photoshopped, though I haven't seen a good enough copy of the image to make a judgement on that. Or Griffin could have obtained a large hog from a farm. In the hoax forum, posters have pointed out that tricks of perspective might make the hog look bigger than it really is... though even taking distorted perspective into account, that still seems like a big hog. If I were Griffin, I'd dig the skeleton up to prove that Hogzilla is real, because a picture alone is not indisputable evidence. Update: A better quality picture of Hogzilla can be seen at Kens-fishfarm.com, and David Emery notes that there have been previous stories about giant hogs caught in the wild.
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I am REALLY interested in this topic!!! I am actully writing a 4-H report on it!!! My friend Kristen and I have our eyes on this computer EVERYday looking for information on Hogzilla!!!!!
I think people who don't believe in this should not be looking at this picture! Am I right???????
I'm not sure if I can or not, but, I would like to talk to Chris Griffin, to get some facts!!!!!!
Thanx for reading my comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Emma Passmore on Fri Dec 30, 2005 at 08:56 PM
I think people who don't believe in this should not be looking at this picture! Am I right???????
I'm not sure if I can or not, but, I would like to talk to Chris Griffin, to get some facts!!!!!!
Thanx for reading my comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Listen dont you dare say that hogzilla is a fake, I for one know hes real because i have senn the documentery about him on national geographic but the size is exaggerated, here are the real facts about hogzilla:
9 inch tusks
800 pounds (360 kilos)
8 feet long
killed inthe geogia swamps.
Posted by AARON on Sun Apr 02, 2006 at 08:57 PM
9 inch tusks
800 pounds (360 kilos)
8 feet long
killed inthe geogia swamps.
Here is the wonderful link on why this is true
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/channel/blog/2005/03/explorer_hogzilla.html
Posted by THE TRUTH on Tue Apr 11, 2006 at 05:33 AM
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/channel/blog/2005/03/explorer_hogzilla.html
i've heard LOTS about this hog. very cool infact. but the people that put in comments on this web page... gosh you guys have to do research besides just reading the article and saying its a "fake." if you want real evidence, watch the show explorer on national geographic. it give you LOADS of info on hogzilla that are true. i would put tons of information on this page but dinner's ready now.
Posted by TiFFiE on Thu Jun 15, 2006 at 05:19 PM
does anyone no where i can find pictures of other big pigs like hogzilla. thanks in advance
Posted by aaron on Mon Jan 01, 2007 at 08:09 PM
i have seen one a little bit smaller than that
i took a shot at it with a 30-06
it texas
it turned and looked and ran off i folowed the blood trail for about 4 hours and then gave up.
Posted by tyler cary on Mon Apr 09, 2007 at 07:51 PM
i took a shot at it with a 30-06
it texas
it turned and looked and ran off i folowed the blood trail for about 4 hours and then gave up.
is there any other photos of this thing or what ??
Posted by stoner on Wed May 30, 2007 at 12:00 PM
What, Hogzilla's a fake? Next they'll be telling us the Loch Ness Monster is a myth, or that John Holmes' penis wasn't really 14 inches.. party poopers! hmmpf
Posted by Dealer Jack on Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 11:56 AM
its real, http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bighog.asp
and its not the first plus there was a show on it and they dug up the remains. I dont think its that hard to believe an animal can get fairly big if given a larger sourrounding and more food.
Posted by xxtrippxx on Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 03:52 PM
and its not the first plus there was a show on it and they dug up the remains. I dont think its that hard to believe an animal can get fairly big if given a larger sourrounding and more food.
:lol:
Are you serious? soooo fake, I agree his dog must have ate this one. Where are the shadows of the hog? They are not on you, nor on the ground. Who stole em? soooo chopped.
Posted by j on Sat Nov 24, 2007 at 11:08 PM
Are you serious? soooo fake, I agree his dog must have ate this one. Where are the shadows of the hog? They are not on you, nor on the ground. Who stole em? soooo chopped.
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