 The Great Awakened Pig, Biggest Hog Ever |
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 Jun 2 2007, 09:14 AM
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Running Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,468 Joined: 5-December 06 From: Somewhere in the Flooding, CalFree Member No.: 10,215  |
Recently the biggest hog ever was found and killed. The thing is 9'4" long and weighs over a 1000 pounds, making it now my example of a great and dangerous awakened animal. But if it is around now, what is going to happen when the Awakening actually does happen?
The pig and story found here... |
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Jun 2 2007, 10:54 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 141 Joined: 12-August 05 From: Helsinki Member No.: 7,552 |
Interesting stuff. Makes you wonder how big animals are there, in places where humans don't dwell.
Kinda weird though, isn't .50 a big round? And this kid is 11, blasting away with that handcannon... |
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Jun 2 2007, 11:49 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 2-January 05 From: Quebec Member No.: 6,924 |
He was surely holding it with both hands, as apparently anyone using it would. Unless you are Cybered, or a Troll. Maybe even an Ork.
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Jun 2 2007, 02:51 PM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 9,636 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
I'd be interested in examining that photo.
By the look of it on the link site, it could have been posed in such a way as to make the pig look bigger by having the kid farther back in the field of view than is implied. |
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Jun 2 2007, 03:09 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Or just superimposed, yeah. I'm not exactly ready to call it a fake, but the fact that no part of the kid overlaps any part of the pig triggers warning bells.
~J |
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Jun 2 2007, 04:21 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Every couple of years you get another pigzilla out of Georgia.
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Jun 2 2007, 04:31 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 777 Joined: 22-November 06 Member No.: 9,934 |
that and other issues. all the pics of the pig do that (there are only 3) instead of the plethora that there would normally be the weight of the pig is wrong, the scales supposedly used weigh to the nearest tens not the nearest ones. in addition no one saw it weighed, a pig of that size you'd be showing everyone, not keeping it a secet. in addition no one has confirmed it. I'm already calling it fake. based on they are not acting like someone would if they had really bagged that animal, in addition to the previously mentioned items |
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Jun 3 2007, 05:12 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,507 Joined: 27-January 05 From: ...and I'm all out of bubblegum Member No.: 7,021 |
One, that pig used to be someone's pet (I.E. wasn't born wild). The kid probably could have walked up to it and put a round in it's head. Two, this looks to be in a fenced-in game hunting ground. As someone that still hunts occassionaly, I guess I'm ok with that, but don't try to let on that you've slogged through swamps tracking this monster boar and just barely fended it off before putting it down. This was a trophy 'go shoot this now, son', not a hunt in any sense that I'd use the word. EDIT:
Oh yeah, the hog hunters I know don't let their kids out with them until older than that kid. And it's usually done with handguns, .44mag or something similar; wild hogs are typically found (at least around here) in fairly heavy brush. You wouldn't necessarly be able to raise a rifle at all. |
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Jun 4 2007, 12:20 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 511 Joined: 24-March 05 From: On a ledge between Heaven and Hell Member No.: 7,226 |
Ya I noticed that the pig is a little to Out of Focus. I'm crushing your head. I'm crushing your head. |
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Jun 4 2007, 06:35 AM
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Shadow Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 3,737 Joined: 2-June 06 From: Secret Tunnels under the UK (South West) Member No.: 8,636 |
So if I'm reading this right, the story consists of someone's pet pig being sold, put in a large pen and then shot at repeatedly by an eleven year old who's father is subsequently very proud of him.
Is that the gist of it? |
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Jun 4 2007, 07:21 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,286 Joined: 24-May 05 From: A 10x10 room with an orc and a treasure chest Member No.: 7,409 |
Yes, yes it is :(
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Jun 4 2007, 01:28 PM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 9,636 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
Yes, it does sound bad when put that way. As disgusting as it seems to me (if true), there is another take on setting up the kill that way.
A while back I watched a TV documentary showing a lioness (cheetah?) bring home a baby animal for its young to practice killing. It took two days for the young cat to figure out how to kill the thing, and mom had to keep catching it and bringing it back. So, the dad's behaviour could be said to be natural, if not humane. ;) |
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Jun 4 2007, 03:07 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 777 Joined: 22-November 06 Member No.: 9,934 |
and still no credible witness has been able to certify the size of the pig. |
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Jun 4 2007, 03:43 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/02/monster.p...g.ap/index.html
The original owner of the pig even says it's a big pig and is pissed that people are saying the photo is doctored. |
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Jun 4 2007, 06:09 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 777 Joined: 22-November 06 Member No.: 9,934 |
I did say credible... >.< |
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Jun 4 2007, 08:56 PM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 9,636 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
Anybody up for starting a collection to pay for the kid's flight to Germany? Then let him loose in the Black Forest to hunt wild boar. See which one walks out the next day.
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Jun 4 2007, 11:25 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,665 Joined: 26-April 03 From: Sweden Member No.: 4,516 |
There's another picture with the kid and the wild hog on their homepage: http://www.monsterpig.com/New_Folder/jamison2.jpg
There you can see the ACTUAL size of the pig, confirming that the kid is further back in the cnn picture. Based on that image, I'd say the animal can't be much longer than 8 feet from snout to the base of it's tail (still impressive, though) - perhaps if you let the tape measure follow the curves of it's back you'll get 9'4"... |
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Jun 6 2007, 02:47 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
As soon as i heard that, I knew it wasn't a fake. When I lived in NY there was a county farm we'd visit, I'd disturb my husband, who's jewish and deosn't eat prok, by looking at the pigs and refering to them by their cuts- There's bacon, and little ham...etc he got really distrubed when they started responding to the names! But the king boar was in his own pen and was over 1,100 pounds. they had him on a diet. But having seen that monster- Spare ribs-i oculd easily believe in a 1/2 ton pig.
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Jun 6 2007, 03:27 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 511 Joined: 24-March 05 From: On a ledge between Heaven and Hell Member No.: 7,226 |
Sometimes I think the difference between farm kids and city folk is that the farm children expect their pet pigs to end up on the dinner table.
Having both Rammsteign and Ricky Skaggs in the CD player gets some strange looks when its on random play. |
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Jun 6 2007, 04:15 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
I remember the old joke about the three-legged super-pig that saved the family from a house fire. Why does it only have three legs? Because you don't eat a pig like that all at once.
However, I must say that hunting this guy was rather wasteful. I'm a catch-and-release advocate, myself. With a pig like that, domesticated as it is, a hunter could just count coup on it without placing himself at undue risk. |
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Jun 7 2007, 02:16 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
How do you hunt and release a ham hock? spare ribs, fat back,chops? Loin? gods i'm getting hungry, where's the apple sauce?
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Jun 7 2007, 03:47 AM
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Cybernetic Blood Mage Group: Members Posts: 3,472 Joined: 11-March 06 From: Northeastern Wyoming Member No.: 8,361 |
True, but as big as the pig was it must have been old, and I wonder exactly how much of the meat was worth as anything other then hamburger as tough as it must have been.
Besides, although I've hunted all my life and have killed my fair share of critters for meat as well as 'varment control' I get a little creeped out by people who hunt solely for sport. Still, too each their own I supose, I don't have to like something to accept its validlity. |
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Jun 7 2007, 01:43 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
I'd say that pork wasn't worth much as hamburger. Ground pork, maybe, but I'm sure as hell not paying much for hamburger made from a pig.
~J |
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Jun 7 2007, 03:30 PM
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Cybernetic Blood Mage Group: Members Posts: 3,472 Joined: 11-March 06 From: Northeastern Wyoming Member No.: 8,361 |
Hey now, Pork Burgers aren't too bad. :cyber:
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Jun 7 2007, 03:31 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Sure, and chicken tastes good too. But just like I wouldn't pay for chicken labeled as beef, I wouldn't pay for ground pork labeled as hamburger.
~J |
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