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jay-mo · 05-30-2007, 05:31 AM

I thought this was pretty freakish.
FOXNews.com - Alabama Boy Kills 1,051-Pound Monster Pig, Bigger Than 'Hogzilla' - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

gonk droid · 05-30-2007, 08:02 AM

wow. what a monster that thing is.

**Alec Trevelyan** · 05-30-2007, 08:04 AM

I just don't understand the mentality of "hey, that pig is possibly the largest I've ever seen. Let's kill it!"

Don't get me wrong, i love porkchops as much as the next guy, but a 1051 lb. pig is worth saving just for the circus sideshow earnings

**Coolhand** · 05-30-2007, 08:28 AM

hmm, i smell photoshops more than porkchops from that pic. the kid looks a tad too sharp and oversaturated compared to the rest to me.

jay-mo · 05-30-2007, 01:23 PM

I have my suspiscions too. I heard it on NPR on the way home from work yesterday. They were interviewing the taxidermits. Apparently they are only going to mount the head and shoulders. I would have had the whole thing preserved.

gonk droid · 05-30-2007, 03:35 PM

BIGGER than Hogzilla

few more pics.

biotech · 05-30-2007, 03:47 PM

Not only is the pig hard to beleive, but the fact that the kid had a 50 caliber hand gun, something most grown men would struggle to fire sounds a bit suspect.

spudmonkey · 05-30-2007, 03:54 PM

It's all done with camera angles...

Edit: just to add a little detail... The photo where they are supposed to be standing next to it is clearly just a camera angle thing. The two with it on the ground with just the kid and then the kid and his family in the background would easily be created using focal length adjustment.

The picture with the "monster" being lifted up with the tractor in the background gives a much more realistic scale, with the pig appearing to actually be around 5 to 6 feet in length

**IRML** · 05-30-2007, 04:12 PM

why the feck did they go to all the trouble of faking those pictures, and then show the one with the tractor where the pig looks tiny

dumb

**Sphynx** · 05-30-2007, 04:13 PM

Better yet, look at the picture where he's supposed to be leaning on it (shoulders of pig to approx. his waist), then the four of them kneeling behind the pig - bring even one of the adults forwards and it would at most come up to mid-thigh. Not a lot of difference, but enough to show that the shots are fake.

Would also be nice if they learned to spell.

05-30-2007, 05:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
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biotech SFM Oracle Realname: Rich Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hull, Yorkshire, England Age: 39 Posts: 3,718 Blog Entries: 2	Not only is the pig hard to beleive, but the fact that the kid had a 50 caliber hand gun, something most grown men would struggle to fire sounds a bit suspect.
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05-30-2007, 03:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
spudmonkey SFM Obsessed Total Awards: 4 (more» ...) Realname: Nick Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: UK Posts: 2,284	It's all done with camera angles... Edit: just to add a little detail... The photo where they are supposed to be standing next to it is clearly just a camera angle thing. The two with it on the ground with just the kid and then the kid and his family in the background would easily be created using focal length adjustment. The picture with the "monster" being lifted up with the tractor in the background gives a much more realistic scale, with the pig appearing to actually be around 5 to 6 feet in length
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gonk droid SFM Guru Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: canada Posts: 389 Blog Entries: 1	wow. what a monster that thing is.

05-30-2007, 01:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
jay-mo SFM Guru Total Awards: 2 (more» ...) Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 365	I have my suspiscions too. I heard it on NPR on the way home from work yesterday. They were interviewing the taxidermits. Apparently they are only going to mount the head and shoulders. I would have had the whole thing preserved.

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gonk droid SFM Guru Total Awards: 1 (more» ...) Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: canada Posts: 389 Blog Entries: 1	BIGGER than Hogzilla few more pics.

05-30-2007, 04:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
IRML GRRRRR!!!! Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,711	why the feck did they go to all the trouble of faking those pictures, and then show the one with the tractor where the pig looks tiny dumb
IRML GRRRRR!!!! Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,711	I pity the fool!

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Sphynx Divine Penguin Total Awards: 3 (more» ...) Realname: Craig Robinson Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rochester, UK Age: 39 Posts: 1,771	Better yet, look at the picture where he's supposed to be leaning on it (shoulders of pig to approx. his waist), then the four of them kneeling behind the pig - bring even one of the adults forwards and it would at most come up to mid-thigh. Not a lot of difference, but enough to show that the shots are fake. Would also be nice if they learned to spell.
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