Georgia’s Hogzilla exposed!
Hogzilla was a supposed 12′ long, 1000 pound wild hog. The only evidence was a picture of a huge hog dangling from a backhoe, dwarfing the man standing next to it. The hog was so big, some folks suspected it was really just an urban legend [snopes.com]. It actually generated quite a bit of buzz: [google.com].
Apparently, National Geographic decided to dig up the remains and verify the wild claims. NG’s folks estimated about 8′ long and 800 pounds. To me, that sounds like a matchup that ends up something like “Humans 0, Hogzilla 1”. Apparently, 8′ and 800 pounds is nowhere near as scary as 12′ and 1000 pounds. So 8′ is “large, perhaps even record-setting large, but not hide-the-children-and-get-your-guns large.” Yeah, right! Not from where I’m standing!
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I am not ahead of the pack on this non-breaking news, I picked it up from Boing Boing: [link]
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