From the Associated Press May 30th........
 
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.(AP) State wildlife officials said Wednesday they want to know how the huge hog dubbed "Monster Pig" got into a fenced hunting preserve where it was chased down and shot to death by an 11-year-old boy.
 
The young hunter is not accused of doing anything illegal, but the head enforcement officer for Alabama's wildlife agency said agents are trying to determine if anyone broke a state law prohibiting the transportation and release of live feral swine.
 
"There are some questions about where the animal came from, how he got there, how long he'd been there," said Allan Andress, enforcement chief for the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division.
 
Andress said officials also will review whether the hunt complied with the state's "fair chase" law, which requires that prey at hunting plantations have a reasonable chance of escape.
 
Eddy Borden, the owner of the spread where the hunt occurred, declined comment on how the hog got into the 150-acre fenced-in area where it was killed last month by Jamison Stone of Pickensville.
 
Borden said he was getting tired of questions about the hog, which Jamison's father said weighed 1,051 pounds and measured 9 feet, 4 inches from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. The kill drew international attention.
 
"I didn't ask for the publicity. I just want it to all go away," said Borden, whose Lost Creek Plantation is located in east Alabama.
 
Keith O'Neal, one of the guides who accompanied Jamison and father Mike Stone on the paid hunt, said he was unsure if the super swine was placed in the enclosure or grew up it.
 
Jamison was hunting with his father and the guides on May 3 when he killed the giant pig. He said he shot the huge animal eight times with a .50-caliber revolver and chased it for three hours through hilly woods before finishing it off with a point-blank shot.

Quote from Clintocter on May 31^st, 2007, 4:22pm:

 
I agree.  I also feel that anybody requiring that many shots to kill an animal shouldn't be hunting either.  
 
Come on.  That large of pig was hiding on 150 acres and they didn't know if it was born and grew up there or not?  This story gets more hokey by the hour, not the least of which is the weight of over 1000 #s--it don't happen.  Guess they must of been holding it at arm's length to make it "seem" larger.

He may have busted 11 rounds, but I wonder how many actually hit the Hogzilla?
 
Clint, Amen to shooting a .50, bet it blew the kid on his hineybo.
 
As for it being a "pig story"....it IS in Alabama!!!  I have hunted many states in the SE and I can tell you personally, things grow big there, but I have a hunch that thing was fed well by the preserve owner.  For those of you that have never lived anywhere but CA, it is a different world once you get out of here.

Quote from midger on May 18^th, 2007, 8:00am:

 
don't all real men lie about the size and weight?

Quote from nav63 on Jun 1^st, 2007, 4:43pm:

 
That hog doesn't look that bad...........   OK, I'm going to hell for that one.  

Poor Old Fred-

Yepper, I'd sure be proud of my "boy" for killing a pet pig using 16 shots over a three hour period--NOT.  I can see why the owner of the "game refuge hunting area" wants to forget about the whole thing.  I'll bet his hate mail is overloading his mailbox.
 
Poor Fred