1,051 Pound Boar Killed By 11 Year Old

[Malcolm]

MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) -- Hogzilla is being made into a horror movie. But the sequel may be even bigger: Meet Monster Pig.

An 11-year-old boy used a pistol to kill a wild hog his father says weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9 feet 4, from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. Think hams as big as car tires.

If the claims are accurate, Jamison Stone's trophy boar would be bigger than Hogzilla, the famed wild hog that grew to seemingly mythical proportions after being killed in South Georgia in 2004.

Hogzilla originally was thought to weigh 1,000 pounds and measure 12 feet long. National Geographic experts who unearthed its remains believe the animal actually weighed about 800 pounds and was 8 feet long.

Regardless of the comparison, Jamison is reveling in the attention over his pig.

"It feels really good," Jamison said. "It's a good accomplishment. I probably won't ever kill anything else that big."

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 Monster Pig. 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.

Through it all, there was the fear that the animal would turn and charge them, as wild boars have a reputation for doing.

"I was a little bit scared, a little bit excited," said Jamison, who lives in Pickensville on the Mississippi border. He just finished the sixth grade on the honor roll at Christian Heritage Academy, a small, private school.

His father said that, just to be extra safe, he and the guides had high-powered rifles aimed and ready to fire in case the beast, with 5-inch tusks, decided to charge.

With the animal finally dead in a creek bed on the 2,500-acre Lost Creek Plantation, a commercial hunting preserve in Delta, trees had to be cut down and a backhoe brought in to bring Jamison's prize out of the woods.

It was hauled on a truck to the Clay County Farmers Exchange in Lineville, where Jeff Kinder said they used his scale, recently calibrated, to weigh the hog.

Kinder's scale measures only to the nearest 10, but Mike Stone said it balanced one notch past the 1,050-pound mark.

"It probably weighed 1,060 pounds. We were just afraid to change it once the story was out," he said.

The hog's head is being mounted by Jerry Cunningham of Jerry's Taxidermy. Cunningham said the animal measured 54 inches around the head, 74 inches around the shoulders and 11 inches from the eyes to the end of its snout.

"It's huge," he said. "It's just the biggest thing I've ever seen."

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

Jamison, meanwhile, has been offered a small part in "The Legend of Hogzilla," a small-time horror flick based on the tale of the Georgia boar. The movie is holding casting calls with plans to begin filming in Georgia.

Jamison is enjoying the newfound celebrity generated by the hog hunt, but he said he prefers hunting pheasants to monster pigs: "They are a little less dangerous."

[the dirt]

I almost beat the thing to death a couple of days prior to this with my bare hands!

Some get all the press...

[Bill 213]

Whoa I almost thought that was my old prom date at first glance.

[SLCPUNK]

Whoa I almost thought that was my old prom date at first glance.

You took an 11 yr old boy to the prom?

[Bill 213]

Whoa I almost thought that was my old prom date at first glance.

You took an 11 yr old boy to the prom?

He was my congressional page!  I swear. 

[Grouse]

Whoa Deja vu...

[the dirt]

You took an 11 yr old boy to the prom?

Well, Bill was

a little bit scared, a little bit excited,"

you know..

[Axlfreek]

how can hand gun that small kill something so big ?

[Izzy]

how can hand gun that small kill something so big ?

u do know what a gun is right?

An 11 year old with a gun..... America is sick. I would like to congratulate the parents for raising a child to take pleasure killing things - well done folks, well done

[axl_rose_700]

how can hand gun that small kill something so big ?

u do know what a gun is right?

An 11 year old with a gun..... America is sick. I would like to congratulate the parents for raising a child to take pleasure killing things - well done folks, well done

Especially something so, well, lets be honest, magnificent as a pig that big! They're all so proud of their little boy! Bless

[Lucky]

damn!!!
are you sure that's not the 6 year old girl from the other thread?

[CheapJon]

damn!!!
are you sure that's not the 6 year old girl from the other thread?

I thought it looked like yo' momma

[Axlfreek]

how can hand gun that small kill something so big ?

u do know what a gun is right?

Sarcastic British prats: can't live with them, can't live without them 

[Verse Chorus Verse]

Chuck Norris actually roundhouse-kicked that thing when the kid turned is head.

[Olorin]

Wow, blasting animals to death with guns for fun.

How wonderful, he should be in line for the nobel prize for this heroic deed.


 

[TAP]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/02/monster.pig.ap/index.html

FRUITHURST, Alabama (AP) -- The huge hog that became known as "Monster Pig" after being hunted and killed by an 11-year-old boy had another name: Fred.

The not-so-wild pig had been raised on an Alabama farm and was sold to the Lost Creek Plantation just four days before it was shot there in a 150-acre fenced area, the animal's former owner said.

Phil Blissitt told The Anniston Star in a story Friday that he bought the 6-week-old pig in December 2004 as a Christmas gift for his wife, Rhonda, and that they sold it after deciding to get rid of all the pigs at their farm.

"I just wanted the truth to be told. That wasn't a wild pig," Rhonda Blissitt said.

Jamison Stone shot the huge hog during what he and his father described as a three-hour chase. They said it was more than 1,000 pounds and 9 feet long; if anything, it looked even bigger in a now-famous photo of the hunter and the hunted. (Watch the boy describe his 'monster' kill Video)

Mike Stone said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Friday that he had been under the impression that the hog was wild, not farm-raised.

Telephone messages left Friday with Eddy Borden, the owner of Lost Creek Plantation, were not immediately returned.

Stone said state wildlife officials told him that it is not unusual for hunting preserves to buy farm-raised hogs and that the hogs are considered feral once they are released.

Stone said he and his son met Blissitt on Friday morning to get more details about the hog. Blissitt said that he had about 15 hogs and decided to sell them for slaughter, but that no one would buy that particular animal because it was too big for slaughter or breeding, Stone said.

Blissitt said that the pig had become a nuisance and that visitors were often frightened by it, Stone said.

"He was nice enough to tell my son that the pig was too big and needed killing," Stone said. "He shook Jamison's hand and said he did not kill the family pet."

The Blissitts said they didn't know the hog that was hunted was Fred until they were contacted by a game warden for the Alabama Department of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. The agency determined that no laws were violated in the hunt.

Phil Blissitt said he became irritated when he learned that some thought the photo of Fred was doctored.

"That was a big hog," he said.

[Grouse]

Ever have the feeling that there's a joke going on, and you aren't in on it?

Is there a reason why no one has mentioned that there's already a thread about this?? I've been waiting for someone to say something, for it to get merged, something.? But instead everyone is acting like there are two different giant pigs killed by an 11 year old.? Certainly I'm not the only one to notice, right? Or is there some reason to have two threads?

No you're not, I just didn't feel like acting like a wannabee mod this time

[deanaxlrose]

Ever have the feeling that there's a joke going on, and you aren't in on it?

Is there a reason why no one has mentioned that there's already a thread about this?? I've been waiting for someone to say something, for it to get merged, something.? But instead everyone is acting like there are two different giant pigs killed by an 11 year old.? Certainly I'm not the only one to notice, right? Or is there some reason to have two threads?

No you're not, I just didn't feel like acting like a wannabee mod this time

Man , I Thought that was De Ja Vu...

[D]

Chuck Norris actually roundhouse-kicked that thing when the kid turned is head.

Actually that kid is the bastard offspring of Chuck Norris.

[MCT]

An 11 year old with a gun..... America is sick.

An old woman got beaten, robbed and tortured in her own home here in Newfoundland...Canada is sick.

A sherpa recently left a climber for dead near the summit of Everest...Tibet is sick.

A young girl just got raped in Bangkok (no pun intended)...Thailand is sick.

Margaret Thatcher has funny hair...England is sick.

Someone just cracked open a beer in Acapulco...Mexico is sick.

A fat, hairy bastard just let go a nasty fart in Moscow...Russia is sick.

Someone is in a hospital in Tokyo...they're sick...Japan is sick.

Someone is annoyed with your specious assertions and your slovenly approach...MCT is sick.

You're sick...so fuck off with the pretentious bullshit.