Alabama Boy Bags 'Hogzilla II'
11-Year-old Jamison Stone Killed the 1,051 Pound Beast on a May 3 Hunting Trip
On May 3, 11-year-old Jamison Stone of Alabama could not have imagined the animal with which he would soon come face-to-face. According to The Associated Press, on a hunting trip with his father and two guides in eastern Alabama, Stone spotted a beastly hog and shot it eight times with a .50-caliber revolver and chased it for over three hours until finishing the job with a shot at point-blank range. Using the pistol, Stone killed a hog allegedly weighing nearly 1,051 pounds - 9-feet-4-inches from snout to tail. If these measurements are accurate, the wild hog would easily bypass the original Hogzilla to become the Granddaddy of Hogs. Even so, Stone's father created a website - www.monsterpig.com - to celebrate and detail his son's feat.
The Associated Press conducted a telephone interview with the boy, who responded, "It feels really good... It's a good accomplishment. I probably won't ever kill anything else that big."
To retrieve Stone's prized hog, trees had to be removed and a backhoe had to be brought in to carry the hog out of the woods. From there, the hog was placed onto a truck and taken into the town of Lineville for weighing.
However, the weighing of the animal created some confusion. As The Associated Press reports, scale owner Jeff Kinder, who was not present for the weighing, became confused after people reported the hog's weight at 1,051 pounds - the manual scale he owns only measures to the nearest 10 pounds. The boy's father, Mike Stone, revealed that the scale balanced a single notch after the 1,050 mark, interpreting the weight as 1,051 pounds. Because of this, it is possible "Hogzilla II" may actually weigh 1,060 pounds, but Stone refrained from changing the weight after the story began spreading.
To symbolize and preserve the trophy catch of his once-in-a-lifetime hunting trip, Stone is having the hog's head mounted on a large slab of foam. The Associated Press learned from the taxidermist that the animal's head measured nearly 54 inches around, while its shoulders spanned nearly 74 inches. In addition, the area from its eyes to the tip of its snout measured nearly a foot.
With a hog that size, Mike Stone decided to have the rest of the animal processed for sausage and estimates 500-700 pounds may be produced.
In the upcoming horror movie based on the tale of the original Hogzilla, Jamison Stone has been offered a small part as filming begins soon in Georgia.
Jay Reeves. "Boy Bags Hog Said Bigger Than 'Hogzilla'." The Associated Press. URL: (http://www.wral.com/news/strange/story/1445911/).
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52 Comments
Post a CommentHi Jason and all his readers. I wrote a follow-up article about this (which includes the new info about the "real" hog) here (I also included a link to this article, so I hope you don't mind!): http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/267300/giant_hog_bagged_by_alabama_boy_was.html
yeah it has been discovered this was a pet pig that escaped from what i have heard.
Go to monsterpig.com if you want more info. One major point that they make on the site...these creatures are dangerous. They are not indigenous to the area and have no natural predators. I have seen creatures like this, not that big, mind you, but feral pigs will eat not just their young but themselves. They are very, very dangerous. I'm glad the kid got it!
I'd like to see pictures of all of the sausage and pork chops that come from it!
yea im from arkansas too and i hunt them all the time and theres NO WAY THAT ONE IS REAL!!!!
haha, why did the hunting advocate call himself/herself PETA?
I normally just read the news, but after reading some of the comments I felt like posting one myself. First off, Jamison, GREAT HOG! Nothing like hunting with your DAD! Even on the many days you don't get anything. If you are reading any of these comments STOP. There are alot of people who don't understand hunting and have never been or had anyone who cared enough to spend time with them. I take my kids every chance we have and they will take thier kids one day.Enjoy it, these are the memories that not everyone have. Some people need to get off the computer and find something to DO! As for the idiots that don't know what kind of damage these things cause to land owners you need to research them on the net since you don't have anything else to DO.
In the defense of the hog-slayer, it was on a hunting reserve, not in the wild.
I don't think anyone is saying that it was wrong. However they are saying that the picture looks fake... Which I am sure it is..
Hogs are hardly "nearly extinct". While I agree that the hog being sent to a facility such as a zoo would have been more beneficial to all, I don't think there's anything wrong with what happened here. I know plenty of fathers who take their young sons hunting with them. As long as both father and son are responsible and informed, then what is the problem?