Is This Tale of a Boy Killing a Giant Boar Just a Load of Hogwash? ; WORLD NEWS
Randall, David, The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
An 11-year-old Alabama boy hunter has killed a wild hog so large there is widespread speculation that the story, and its accompanying picture, could be a hoax. The boar, after all, apparently measured 9ft 4 in (2m 74cm) from snout to tail and weighed a staggering 75st (476kg), with hams "as big as car tyres".
The animal thus dwarfs "Hogzilla", the famed wild boar killed in south Georgia in 2004, which is now the subject of forthcoming, and assuredly bloodcurdling film. Hogzilla was a mere 8 feet long. The story of the slaying of the Alabama hog, takes a bit of swallowing, as will the hundreds - of thousands - of sausages its killer's father says are now being made from …
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Article title: Is This Tale of a Boy Killing a Giant Boar Just a Load of Hogwash? ; WORLD NEWS.
Contributors: Randall, David - Author.
Newspaper title: The Independent on Sunday (London, England).
Publication date: May 27, 2007.
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