[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

My point was, this is clearly an Indy marketing ploy to promote the upcoming Hogzilla film.

The whole registration of the monsterpig site and the Hogzilla site on the same day is a big tip to that. A HUGE tip is the fact that Hogzilla production company put out press releases and casting calls - the SAME DAY all of this media attention really took off (May 26). That is some luck!

The entire 'monsterpig' situation is highly questionable. The site promotes the film - it features a hyper link and logos. It posts both positive and nasty negative comments (who would do that? Preserve such feedback when an 11 year old is involved) which further raises questions. Furthermore:

1. The images are obviously misleading (thus putting the entire story into question)
2. The details of the story are very dubious. An obviously 'husky' 11 year old chased a hog for hours?
3. Witnessed by many, but not a single testimonial?
4. No official weighing or official measurements for what would be a world record animal?
5. Destruction of the evidence. The meat of the animal was made into sausage, thus an official weighing is impossible.
6. The animal is being mounted, however, it will only be a shoulder mount?!?! So, the dimensions can never be confirmed.

Insane!

It's a standard, if large, Duroc pig shot in a manner to look far larger than it actually is. This is a marketing ploy that has become far more successful than ever anticipated. If it isn't, it is the mother of all coincidences.

Hogzilla, by the way, was proven to be of dimension far lesser than originally reported. The NGS confirmed that the pig was 800 pounds and 7.5 feet long (compared to the hunters claim of 1000 pounds and 12 feet).