[irunat2am]

I don't even know what to say to this.. haha. Fricken' nuts.

Fox News

YEE-HAW ALABAMA!

[SpaceMonkey]

I smell the Sci Fi Channel's next made-for-tv movie...

[irunat2am]

For sure! I'll definitely be watching it. 'Hog Hunter', right ??

[zro]

That can't be real! How could such a thing exist? That thing could eat any one of us. Whole.

[analogue SPRINKLES]

Stupid little redneck bastard had to shoot it to feel like a man I see.

[Dork.]

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES 

Stupid little redneck bastard had to shoot it to feel like a man I see.

They also had to cut down trees in order to bring in a backhoe to get the pig out.

I wonder how much net energy was expended bagging this boar? Was it worth it for ham steaks the size of tires?

[Rev-O]

"Jamison, who killed his first deer at age 5, was hunting with father Mike Stone and two guides in east Alabama on May 3 when he bagged Hogzilla II. He said he shot the huge animal eight times with a .50-caliber revolver and chased it for three hours through hilly woods before finishing it off with a point-blank shot."
This conjures up all sorts of Lord of the Flies type imagery for me.

[zro]

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES 

Stupid little redneck bastard had to shoot it to feel like a man I see.

Give the kid some credit. I woulda crapped my pants if I saw that thing.


I'd like to see this thing go mano a mano with a Kodiak bear.

[irunat2am]

MacGuyver could have demolished that thing with a q-tip and a sticky note. 8 shots..pffft.

[Eug]

Mike Stone is having sausage made from the rest of the animal. "We'll probably get 500 to 700 pounds," he said.

[RAILhead]

For the lazy:

[climber]

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES 

Stupid little redneck bastard had to shoot it to feel like a man I see.

So exactly why is he a redneck bastard? Because he hunts and lives in Alabama?

I guess you would be a vegetarian and would never ever enjoy or consume a BLT sandwich. If not than you are a complete hypocrite. You know, those who think it is ok to eat meat as long as it comes from the grocery, and you do not have to see where it came from. Grow up a bit and open your mind, Bambi and Miss Piggy are from children's shows! Billions of humans on this planet eat meat every day to survive. Meat comes from animals and to eat them we generally try to kill and butcher them first.

[irunat2am]

There goes his chance at having the craziest house pet in the world.

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES 

Stupid little redneck bastard had to shoot it to feel like a man I see.

Would you rather the headline be "11 year old trampled to death by feral hog"? You obviously have no idea what a feral hog can do. The "small" ones (say no more than 80 pounds) can KILL A GROWN MAN without too much trouble. The amount of damage feral hogs do to plants, animals, and property is astounding-which is one reason that hunting them is often unregulated. These are not "native" wild animals, they're formerly domesticated animals that have escaped or been released and over generations have turned into really horrible problems.

FWIW, I have seen DOMESTIC hogs in the 6-foot plus range, and they're pretty darn scary inside their pen. Having this monster running (they are FAST, by the way) at me would definitely be a "not so fresh" moment for me.

[KeriVit]

yeah- what HE said!

[SirCastor]

It must be Global Climate change, or the President, or Iraq that's responsible.

[irunat2am]

Originally Posted by SirCastor 

It must be Global Climate change, or the President, or Iraq that's responsible.

I'm goin' with steroids. Dumb hog went a little overboard. But yes, all of the above as well.

[moonmonkey]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

The amount of damage feral hogs do to plants, animals, and property is astounding

Whereas a fat kid with a handgun has a positive impact?

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by moonmonkey 

Whereas a fat kid with a handgun has a positive impact?

I think it's unhelpful to call people names here. Besides, if the kid stopped that monster from destroying property, crops, wildlife, etc. (all of which feral hogs do by the way), then what's the big deal? It's obvious the kid was being supervised, so it's not like he "found" the gun.

[climber]

Just shooing that gun is an accomplishment, even for an adult. The S&W 500 handgun makes the dirty harry gun look like a pop gun.

[BRussell]

That's got to be fake. How can something get that big without anyone ever, um, encountering it?

[osiris]

I guess someone will be eating pork chops for quite some time.

[moonmonkey]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

I think it's unhelpful to call people names here. Besides, if the kid stopped that monster from destroying property, crops, wildlife, etc. (all of which feral hogs do by the way), then what's the big deal? It's obvious the kid was being supervised, so it's not like he "found" the gun.

The way I read the article, the kid with the handgun went into the woods, wounded the pig (who was posing no threat) and chased it for three hours before finally killing it.

I'm no pig lover, but I really think the kid wins the prize for being most destructive.

[Buckaroo]

Gads. Well, I would almost say it is fake, but I'm sure someone would have already disproven it.

That thing is huge, or that kid is small.

[Buckaroo]

Hey, we need to capture a live one and send it to Iraq.

[climber]

Originally Posted by moonmonkey 

The way I read the article, the kid with the handgun went into the woods, wounded the pig (who was posing no threat) and chased it for three hours before finally killing it.

I'm no pig lover, but I really think the kid wins the prize for being most destructive.

So what did you eat for dinner tonight? A big salad?

[KeriVit]

I don't understand what is so bad about this kid killing a mammoth creature. At that size, it was only a matter of time before it killed a child or animal (pet).

You'll argue that it got that big and nothing happened yet. But you don't KNOW that do you?

[Jawbone54]

It's a good thing he killed it before it went on a wild rampage through Mobile, knocking over buildings and deflecting tank attacks.

[ebuddy]

Originally Posted by Buckaroo 

Hey, we need to capture a live one and send it to Iraq.

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by moonmonkey 

The way I read the article, the kid with the handgun went into the woods, wounded the pig (who was posing no threat) and chased it for three hours before finally killing it.

I'm no pig lover, but I really think the kid wins the prize for being most destructive.

As I said, the hunting of feral pigs is pretty much unregulated because of how destructive they are. And the kid HIT THAT PIG EIGHT TIMES WITH A .50 CALIBER PISTOL AND SINCE IT WAS SUCH A MONSTER IT STILL DIDN'T DIE. Sure he wounded it. It sounds like that pig would have taken a WWII vintage 20mm antitank round and kept walking. So the kid and his hunting party did the appropriate thing and followed the wounded animal until they found it and shot it again at very close range, whereupon it died.

Handling that particular firearm is not something one does on a lark-the pistol itself is pretty darn heavy, and the recoil from firing it is, let's say "robust." I'm over 6'2" and I would not voluntarily fire that class of pistol. And again, as the news story points out, this was not some kid wandering out with a gun, but an organized hunting party on a hunting preserve, apparently looking for feral hogs. They found a doozy.

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by Buckaroo 

Hey, we need to capture a live one and send it to Iraq.

This deserves a second

[Mithras]

A battalion of feral hogs. With Korans strapped to their feet. And scantily clad.

[RAILhead]

I almost forgot:

[ApeInTheShell]

I was watching an old movie black and white movie on Turner Classic Movies and at the end the father finds a map where a person caught a 14 pound fish. The son says, "Gee pop, I bet we can catch a bigger one than that". The father pats his head and they run into the woods. Now here we have a generation that was taught fishing was a recreational activity. Hunting deer, bears, hogs, and what have you was a major theme as well. If you look at movies today there is no hunting/fishing in sight unless its a giant shark or hogzilla. The Sci Fi channel always capitalizes on natural disasters, man made disasters, and monster hunting. So Hogzilla the movie comes as no surprise.
Our generation likes to watch action movies but how many of us would use a gun in close combat against a 1,060 lb hog? How about an enemy soldier? Yeah, people say they are against guns and they want to save the wildlife. Last I heard they wanted to kill the baby polar bears. And who would keep that thing in a zoo or preserve safely? It would eat up all the other animals.
As to another person's question: there are a lot of animals we haven't seen in the ocean and on land. This kid discovered a new one(that wasn't seen in a history book) so give him credit.

[Wiskedjak]

Originally Posted by moonmonkey 

The way I read the article, the kid with the handgun went into the woods, wounded the pig (who was posing no threat) and chased it for three hours before finally killing it.

I'm no pig lover, but I really think the kid wins the prize for being most destructive.

I'm no hunter, but, in my opinion, if you're going to wound something with a bullet, you'd better do the humane thing and finish the job rather than let the beast suffer.

[goMac]

John Locke would be proud.

[tutelary]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

Would you rather the headline be "11 year old trampled to death by feral hog"?

vs killing such an incredible animal? sure.

[- - e r i k - -]

WOW indeed.

[climber]

Originally Posted by tutelary 

vs killing such an incredible animal? sure.

Just in case you forgot... Domestic pigs are also called food. All animals are incredible, including pigs. That is why bacon and ham taste so good.

[Tiresias]

Originally Posted by RAILhead 

For the lazy:

The boar is not as big as it looks in this photo, because the kid is sitting at a distance from it, and the photo taken from a low angle so that the intervening space is eclipsed by the animal.

It's a manipulation of the size/distance ratio, like those photos taken with fish hanging on wires and the person 3 meters back with his arm up as if he were holding the fish.

Anyways, he's big, but not as big as he looks.

[irunat2am]

Originally Posted by toothpick_charlie 

The boar is not as big as it looks in this photo, because the kid is sitting at a distance from it, and the photo taken from a low angle so that the intervening space is eclipsed by the animal.

It's a manipulation of the size/distance ratio, like those photos taken with fish hanging on wires and the person 3 meters back with his arm up as if he were holding the fish.

Anyways, he's big, but not as big as he looks.

9' 4" is pretty fricken' mammoth to me. I'm going with..it's as big as it looks. Even if he was 2 or 3 feet from the hog, it wouldn't matter. There are plenty of different points of scale/reference in that picture..it's huge.

Either way, there is enough for us to eat sausage at every meal for years

[Pierre Capretz II]

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES 

Stupid little redneck bastard had to shoot it to feel like a man I see.

you truly know nothing

[Cipher13]

Until someone really verifies the claim, take it with a grain of salt.

I found the fact that an 11-year-old child could accurately use a .50 revolver more amazing than the size of the animal. >_>
Oh, and that Georgian hunters can set up websites.

[IceEnclosure]

As soon as I heard of the story yesterday I argued that it was fake, photoshopped, whatever..

Although it may not be.. but where's the hi-res pics? Give me some resolution. Get a freakin news crew in there to film that ish. Somewhere on their cheesy website they say they're getting the head stuffed. Can a scientist grab that thing before that crap happens?

Size/distance trickery may be happening, and ya know, it may just really be 9 feet long. I dunno.

I do know that an 11 year old (even a fatty like teh one pictured) firing a .50 revolver is sick, and I'd like to see him re-create the scene with a Discovery Channel® robot version of the hog.

[highstakes]

:O holy s-

[irunat2am]

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure 

Although it may not be.. but where's the hi-res pics? Give me some resolution. Get a freakin news crew in there to film that ish.

It was on the news. We all know that every single thing on the news is 100% always true and unbiased

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure 

I do know that an 11 year old (even a fatty like teh one pictured) firing a .50 revolver is sick, and I'd like to see him re-create the scene with a Discovery Channel® robot version of the hog.

Myth Busters!

[residentEvil]

it is real; and isn't the first one. it is bigger than the more famous one...hogzilla.

and there is a movie being made about it hogzilla; comes out next year i do believe.

[analogue SPRINKLES]

Originally Posted by climber 

So exactly why is he a redneck bastard? Because he hunts and lives in Alabama?

I guess you would be a vegetarian and would never ever enjoy or consume a BLT sandwich. If not than you are a complete hypocrite. You know, those who think it is ok to eat meat as long as it comes from the grocery, and you do not have to see where it came from. Grow up a bit and open your mind, Bambi and Miss Piggy are from children's shows! Billions of humans on this planet eat meat every day to survive. Meat comes from animals and to eat them we generally try to kill and butcher them first.

Originally Posted by climber 

So exactly why is he a redneck bastard? Because he hunts and lives in Alabama?

Because he is an 11 year old who is running around with a ****ing gun with his rednecks parents consent. That makes him a redneck.

And yes I am a vegetarian but that still don't have anything to do with it. Neither does the fact that he eats meat either.

The point is you see a very rare and unusual creature the first thing that comes to mind should be "lets see if I can shoot it to prove to the fellow rednecks in the pickup how big my little 11 year old penis is".

[Cipher13]

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES 

Because he is an 11 year old who is running around with a ****ing gun with his rednecks parents consent. That makes him a redneck.

And yes I am a vegetarian but that still don't have anything to do with it. Neither does the fact that he eats meat either.

The point is you see a very rare and unusual creature the first thing that comes to mind should be "lets see if I can shoot it to prove to the fellow rednecks in the pickup how big my little 11 year old penis is".

I agree completely, and climber, there's not a lot I personally enjoy more than a good, tender aged steak.

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES 

Because he is an 11 year old who is running around with a ****ing gun with his rednecks parents consent. That makes him a redneck.

And yes I am a vegetarian but that still don't have anything to do with it. Neither does the fact that he eats meat either.

The point is you see a very rare and unusual creature the first thing that comes to mind should be "lets see if I can shoot it to prove to the fellow rednecks in the pickup how big my little 11 year old penis is".

I think YOUR sense of inadequacy is showing here. Not everyone who uses a firearm does so for ego purposes-quite the contrary, actually. This "rare and unusual creature" is simply the product of a number DOMESTICATED HOGs going wild and after several generations producing a FERAL (I'm sure I used that word a few times already) and dangerous animal. Not the product of nature, but of MAN.

And I'd be very cautious of a pejorative use of the term "redneck" if I were you. A large number of people actually associate the term with hard-working agrarianism rather than your (bigoted) view of uneducated and reckless individuals.