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	Hogzilla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hogzilla is the name given to a wild hog that was shot and killed in Alapaha, Georgia, United States, on 17 June 2004 by Chris Griffin on Ken Holyoak's farm and hunting reserve.
		In March 2005, these scientists confirmed that Hogzilla actually weighed 800 pounds (360 kg) and was between 7.5 and 8 feet (2.25 and 2.4 meters) long, diminishing the validity of the previous claim.
		Since the discovery of Hogzilla, the small town of Alapaha, which lies about 180 miles south of Atlanta, Georgia, has seen an insurgence of pop culture interest in their town that might be compared to the hype created by other purported anomalies of nature such as Bigfoot.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hogzilla (419 words)

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	www.cjonline.com /stories/052602/pro_hogzilla.shtml (823 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / National Geographic Channel finds Hogzilla
		The legend of Hogzilla, the prodigious porker that was supposedly shot on a nearby plantation, will be featured in a spring episode on the National Geographic Channel.
		Hogzilla has created quite a stir in the hearts of people in Alapaha, a town of 186 people 125 miles south of Macon.
		Because the large animal wouldn't fit in a freezer intact and the meat was not suitable for eating, Holyoak said he and his crew decided to bury the animal.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/11/22/national_geographic_channel_finds_hogzilla?mode=PF (635 words)

	Super-size swine Hogzilla honored \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		ALAPAHA, Ga. – Residents of this small farming town yesterday celebrated Hogzilla, a 12-foot-long wild pig that supposedly was shot by a hunting guide last summer and quickly grew into a worldwide legend.
		Holyoak says Hogzilla was too old to butcher and too big to mount, so he buried the carcass in a grave marked by a white cross.
		Festival organizers were initially skeptical of adopting a theme that confirmed Hogzilla's existence, so they chose to focus on the legend.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041114/news_1n14hogzilla.html (340 words)

	Hogzilla
		In Georgia, they call it Hogzilla: a 12-foot-long wild hog recently killed on a plantation and now quickly becoming a part of local legend.
		Holyoak said Hogzilla weighed in at half a ton on his farm scales, and that he personally measured the hog's length at 12 feet while the freshly killed beast was dangling by straps from a backhoe.
		It went with a Hogzilla theme for its fall festival, with a parade featuring a Hogzilla princess, children in pink pig outfits and a float carrying a Hogzilla replica.
	www.minifarmhomestead.com /thisandthat/hogzilla.htm (907 words)

	Hunting for truth in legend of Hogzilla \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Holyoak, who also operates hog hunts on his land, allowed National Geographic to dig up Hogzilla because, he said, he wanted the free advertising, and he thought the hog might be a world record.
		Holyoak said he measured Hogzilla "with a ruler" and drove the hog in his flatbed truck to a peanut scale.
		But before they laid Hogzilla to rest, Holyoak took a picture of the pig trussed up by the hind legs, dangling from the backhoe.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050319/news_1n19hogzilla.html (602 words)

	Photo in the News: Hogzilla Is No Hogwash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hogzilla, they announced on Sunday's documentary, was part wild boar and part domestic pig.
		Hogzilla's tusks—one nearly 18 inches (46 centimeters)—set a North American Safari Club International record.
		So the jury is still out on whether Hogzilla was wild at heart or a pig in a poke.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2005/03/0322_050322_hogzilla.html (284 words)

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	Experts confirm Hogzilla was one big pig \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Donning biohazard suits to exhume the behemoth's smelly remains, the experts estimated Hogzilla was probably 7½ to 8 feet long, and weighed about 800 pounds.
		She said Hogzilla's tusks, one nearly 18 inches and the other 16 inches, set a Safari Club International North American free-range record.
		It went with a Hogzilla theme for its fall festival, with a parade featuring a Hogzilla princess, children in pig outfits and a float carrying a Hogzilla replica.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050322/news_1n22hogzilla.html (363 words)

	National Geographic confirms Hogzilla existence - World - www.smh.com.au
		They also noted the super swine didn't quite live up to the 450-kilogram, 3.6-metre hype generated when Hogzilla was caught on a farm last year and photographed hanging from a backhoe.
		Mr Holyoak said Hogzilla weighed in at half a tonne on his farm scales, and that he personally measured the pig's length at 3.6 metres while the freshly killed beast was dangling by straps from a backhoe.
		It went with a Hogzilla theme for its Autumn festival, with a parade featuring a Hogzilla princess, children in pink pig outfits and a float carrying a Hogzilla replica.
	www.smh.com.au /news/World/National-Geographic-confirms-Hogzilla-existence/2005/03/22/1111254030611.html?oneclick=true (509 words)

	Worldandnation: Hogzilla real, experts find
		They also noted the super swine didn't quite live up to the 1,000-pound, 12-foot hype generated when Hogzilla was shot on a farm last summer and photographed hanging from a backhoe.
		Donning biohazard suits to exhume the behemoth's remains, the experts estimated Hogzilla was probably only 71/2 to 8 feet long, and weighed about 800 pounds.
		She said Hogzilla's tusks - one measuring nearly 18 inches and the other nearly 16 inches - set a new Safari Club International North American free-range record.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/03/22/Worldandnation/Hogzilla_real__expert.shtml (214 words)

	ABC News: The Mystery of Hogzilla Solved
		March 21, 2005 —; The mystery of the beast known as "Hogzilla" was born in the swamps and woods of Georgia just last summer.
		Chris Griffin, a hunting guide, was out in the woods one day when he says he couldn't believe his eyes — an animal resembling a hog that was 12 feet long and weighed over 1,000 pounds.
		Others debated whether Hogzilla was an enormous wild boar or a farm-raised hoax.
	abcnews.go.com /GMA/Technology/story?id=599913 (347 words)

	Georgia town remembers ‘Hogzilla’ \| wkyc.com
		The hefty hog was remembered with a pig-calling contest and greased-hog chase as well as a float featuring a life-size replica of the hairy heavyweight.
		Few have actually seen Hogzilla; the only proof is a photo showing a hunting-guide with the beast hanging from a rope.
		The owner of a hunting lodge says Hogzilla was too old to butcher and too big to mount, so he buried the carcass in a grave marked by a white cross.
	www.wkyc.com /news/news_print.asp?id=26313 (175 words)

	Althouse: Hogzilla was no hoax. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The National Geographic's experts dug up the remains of the beast and have concluded it was real, but only 8 feet long, not 12, and 800 pounds, not 1200.
		Holyoak said Hogzilla weighed in at half a ton on his farm scales, and that he personally measured the hog's length at 12 feet (3.6 meters) while the freshly killed beast was dangling by straps from a backhoe.
		There are hogzillas roaming the backwoods of Georgia.
	althouse.blogspot.com /2005/03/hogzilla-was-no-hoax.html (249 words)

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	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Though smaller than claimed, wild hog still a real porky pig
		But the superswine didn't quite live up to the 1,000-pound, 12-foot hype generated when it was shot on a farm last summer and photographed hanging from a backhoe.
		Donning biohazard suits to exhume the behemoth's smelly remains, the experts estimated that Hogzilla was probably 7 ½ to 8 feet long and weighed about 800 pounds.
		She said Hogzilla's tusks —; one measuring nearly 18 inches and the other nearly 16 inches — set a Safari Club International North American free-range record.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002215221_hogzilla22.html (426 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Hogzilla
		Around these parts, they are calling it Hogzilla: a 12-foot-long wild hog recently killed on a plantation and now quickly becoming a part of local legend.
		The "Hogzilla" photo that took the Internet by storm in the last week of July 2004 is an oddity in the world of online rumor, in that the presenting tale and its accompanying snapshot of a giant hog strung over a pit went unnoticed until the media popularized it.
		It's not as if folks routinely port about scales capable of weighing something that large, and according to the AP account, the hog was never dragged to any location where it could have been weighed.
	www.snopes.com /photos/animals/hogzilla.asp (1225 words)

	Field & Stream - ‘Hogzilla’ vs. Hunter
		Griffin buried the animal because he did not want to deal with the burden of having the meat butchered, and he said the head was too big to mount on a wall.
		Ken Holyoak, a friend of Griffin and the owner of the plantation where Hogzilla was shot, said the previous record for feral hog on his land was 695 pounds.
		Plenty of feral hogs roam Holyoak’s land, and he usually allows people to hunt the animals, but Hogzilla was too big to give to a stranger.
	www.fieldandstream.com /fieldstream/fieldnotesnews/article/0,13199,673906,00.html (184 words)

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		HogZilla officials note that the value of Torque Converters was proven decades ago in the rock crushing industry, and CW Manufacturing has pioneered their use in tub grinders.
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	www.wasteinfo.com /news/stories/archives/2003/09/NA/N03961.htm (837 words)

	National Geographic Channel: Hogzilla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hogzilla was about 7 and a half feet long and no more than 800 pounds, but he was likely a wild hog, and he had gigantic tusks.
		I thought the Hogzilla story was a little pretentious, what with the Southern accents of those from Georgia speaking of their experiences.
		Hogzilla is probaly an escaped domesticated sow offspring crossed with a wild boar.Think of the things available for this titan to devour at his leasure.I beleive that there could be more like him out there.
	blogs.nationalgeographic.com /channel/blog/2005/03/explorer_hogzilla.html (9612 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Georgia going hog-wild over tale of giant Hogzilla
		Chris Griffin, 31, poses last month beside Hogzilla, the half-ton wild hog he says he killed near Alapaha, Ga. Few people have seen the beast, and the only indication Hogzilla existed is this photo.
		ALAPAHA, Ga. — Around these parts, they are calling it Hogzilla: a 12-foot-long wild hog recently killed on a plantation and quickly becoming a part of local legend.
		Feral hogs are domestic hogs that escaped from farms and began living off the land.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2001991676_hogzilla29.html (554 words)

	AccessNorthGa.com - North Georgia's Newsroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Residents of this small farming town celebrated Saturday the legend of Hogzilla, a prodigious porker purportedly killed on a nearby plantation _ a claim that has evoked amazement and a fair amount of skepticism throughout the world.
		The festival also featured a float with a life-size replica of Hogzilla, a Hogzilla sausage almost the length of a football field and a "shootout" to rescue purloined pink pigs.
		Festival organizers were initially skeptical of adopting a theme that confirmed Hogzilla's existence, so they choose instead to focus on the Hogzilla legend, Davis said.
	www.accessnorthga.com /news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=49189 (537 words)

	Hogzilla Festival
		Hogzilla, the 1000lb wild hog supposedly shot and killed in Georgia, has already had its fifteen minutes of internet fame.
		But now the small town of Alapaha, GA is hoping to extend the fond memories of Hogzilla just a little longer by making the dubious hog the centerpiece of their November festival.
		They plan to have a Hogzilla float, a Hogzilla information booth, and Hogzilla T-shirts.
	www.museumofhoaxes.com /hoax/weblog/permalink/hogzilla_fest (106 words)

	DNA tests to reveal if possible record-size boar is a pig in a poke
		Documented by only a single photograph before the carcass was buried, Hogzilla drew television crews from as far away as Japan and appeared on the cover of Weekly World News.
		There is a cottage industry in making realistic sets of antlers out of resin to mount as trophies, he said, and photographs no longer back up a story.
		Holyoak, who operates hog hunts on his land, allowed National Geographic to dig up Hogzilla because, he said, he wanted the free advertising, and he thought the hog might be a world record.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/19/MNGNRBS0E71.DTL (575 words)

	MonkeyFilter \| Hogzilla Hangs High
		Reported to weigh half a ton and measured at 12 feet in length, the late Hogzilla was shot by a hunter, then exhumed 6 months later for the team's inspection.
		I assume Hogzilla's big problem stemmed from his running loose, so that any damages done locally could be ascribed to him.
		The question of why Hogzilla met his end aside, though, feral animals in general are part of a worldwide problem with non-native/invasive species.
	monkeyfilter.com /link.php/7900 (1181 words)

	In case you were wondering.. HOGZILLA LIVES!
		You would have sworn the picture the guy took of it was cleverly fixed in PS but it wasn't.
		I live in central Georgia, just north of Hogzilla's home (before he was called by his Lord).
		Hogzilla has been the subject of numerous newspaper articles here.
	www.zuga.net /forums/showthread.php?t=30049 (734 words)

	USATODAY.com - Documentary confirms Hogzilla's existence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		ALAPAHA, Ga. — A team of National Geographic experts has confirmed south Georgia's monster hog, known to locals as Hogzilla, was indeed real — and really, really big.
		The confirmation came in a documentary aired Sunday night on the National Geographic Channel; it will be rebroadcast Wednesday and Saturday.
		She said Hogzilla's tusks —; one measuring nearly 18 inches and the other nearly 16 inches — set a new Safari Club International North American free-range record.
	www.usatoday.com /news/offbeat/2005-03-22-hogzilla_x.htm (482 words)

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