Tale of 1,000lb ‘Hogzilla’ grows as guide hogs limelight

AROUND Georgia parts, they are calling it Hogzilla: a 12ft-long wild hog recently killed on a plantation and now quickly becoming a part of local legend.

The plantation’s owner claims the hog weighed 1,000 pounds and had 9-inch tusks. But few people have actually seen the hog - the only proof being a photo that shows the dead beast hanging from a rope.

Whether the hog ever actually existed or is some sort of Faulknerian myth has been the topic of conversation in small towns across southern Georgia.