Hogzilla No More: Monster Pig a 1000 Pound Farm Raised Hog Named Fred

Hogzilla 2, the "Monster Pig" that was hunted down by an 11-year old boy was such a great story.  Now it appears that is all that it is.  The 1000-pound hog that was dropped by Jamison Stone now turns out to be nothing more than a farm raised 'pet porker that even had a name.  The hog was named Fred.  Phil Blissitt the owner of 'Fred' told a local paper in a story released on Friday that he bought the six-week-old pig in 2004 as a Christmas gift for his wife, Rhonda, and that they sold it after deciding to get rid of all their pigs.

Hogzilla No More: Monster Pig a 1000 Pound Farm Raised Hog Named Fred

So much for the great Hogzilla hunt story.  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.

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That still leaves the question on if the pig photo that was shown all over the world wide web was doctored. 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.  It certainly was a big pig, but it still seems like the photo has some serious questions.

Some of them are answered on a web page set up to examine in painstaking detail, the photos that have been released of 'Fred.'  The hog was definitely huge, but certainly the photos deserve scrutiny.  Rob Nelson does a magnificent job of that here with multiple angles and overlays.