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Theoriginal Hogzilla is being made into a horror movie. But Hogzilla Part Duex may have just happened in Alabama as a young boy has shot and killed a 1000-pound Monster Pig with a large caliber handgun. His father says the pig weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9 feet 4, from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail.

The original Hogzilla bagged three years ago in Georgia by hunter Chris Griffin 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.

Hogzilla Part Deux: Alabama Boy Kills 1000 Pound Monster Pig

Hogzilla Part Deux was killed by 11-year old Jamison Stone and he is said to have pursued the monster porker for three hours through a hunting reservation near his home, firing his .50-calibre revolver seven times into its bulk before finishing it off with a bullet to the head. Throughout the chase, there was the fear that the animal would turn and charge them with its five-inch tusks.

"I was a little bit scared, a little bit excited," added Jamison. His father said that he and the guides had high-powered rifles aimed and ready to fire in case the beast decided to fight. But the kill was all Jamison's work.

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The hog was hauled on a truck to the Clay County Farmers Exchange in Lineville, where it was weighed. Workers there said the lorry scales used were recently certified as accurate by the state. The pig's head is now being mounted on an extra-large foam board. Jamison says he is enjoying the celebrity generated by the hog hunt, but he says he prefers hunting pheasants to monster pigs. "They are a little less dangerous."

Back in Georgia, the monster pig shot by Chris Griffin has inspired a horror film, The Legend of Hogzilla, which is currently in preparation.

More photos and information here at Monster Pig.com