Fauxtography? 11-year-old bags half-ton wild hog

posted at 4:59 pm on May 25, 2007 by Allahpundit

It’s the most pork you’ll see this side of Capitol Hill. I can’t believe it’s real, but supposedly they’ve sent it to the taxidermist and…

The hog’s head is now being mounted on an extra-large foam form by Jerry Cunningham of Jerry’s Taxidermy in Oxford. Cunningham said the animal measured 54 inches around the head, 74 inches around the shoulders and 11 inches from the eyes to the end of its snout.

“It’s huge,” he said. “It’s just the biggest thing I’ve ever seen.”

The boy’s father says they’re turning the rest of it into sausage. Yeah — they’re actually going to eat it. Southerners.

Exit question: Didn’t I last see this thing chasing Westley and Buttercup around the Fire Swamp?

Blowback

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Someone said the kid and the pig — if they really are in the same picture in the first place — are not anywhere near each other. I agree. The kid is in clear focus and the pig is all blurry.

That’s not the story. The story is that they claim an 11 year old kid fired a .50 caliber handgun 9 times. That would be quite impressive, all by itself.

Jaibones on May 26, 2007 at 8:08 AM

I demand to know what the government is doing to protect our children from monstrous forest-dwelling pigs.
BelchSpeak on May 25, 2007 at 10:40 PM
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Well…Once upon a time there was this show call ‘The View’ and…… :)
Limerick on May 25, 2007 at 10:47 PM

We have a winner,
although any reference to dropping this on mecca would be automatically in the top two!!!
While we cant say n*ke mecca here, maybe we can say hog mecca , or rosie mecca and everyone will know what we mean…/

shooter on May 26, 2007 at 11:45 AM

Funny. I’m from Louisiana and here we thank God for Texas. They hold the western front, you understand.

Axe on May 26, 2007 at 3:23 AM

Yeah. Southern front now, too, tho’ maybe not doing so well on that count.

IrishEyes on May 26, 2007 at 12:31 PM

First, what kind of a hunter uses a .50 caliber pistol? (I guess it hurts Jr.’s shoulder to fire a rifle…awe boo-hoo!

I see you’ve never shot a .50-cal handgun.

rightwingprof on May 26, 2007 at 1:45 PM

A lot of big wild pigs that are running around in the Southern states are direct descendants of the hogs that DeSoto had with him during his expedition. When his expedition got attacked by Choctaws in Mississippi, the pigs got away. This giant hog might be a descendant of one of those Spanish pigs.

SillyRyno on May 25, 2007 at 11:16 PM

Uh, so that means it qualifies for a Z Visa?

Labamigo on May 26, 2007 at 2:31 PM

A lot of big wild pigs that are running around in the Southern states are direct descendants of the hogs that DeSoto had with him during his expedition. When his expedition got attacked by Choctaws in Mississippi, the pigs got away. This giant hog might be a descendant of one of those Spanish pigs.

SillyRyno on May 25, 2007 at 11:16 PM

SillyRyno,

I think that is true.

The hogs were heard speaking Spanish.

“Hola! Que tal?”

“Coma van las cosas?”

“Buen. Y tu?”

“Bien. Gracias.”

“Como andan los negocios?”

“Muy bien. Gracias. Ganan las platas, todos los dias.”

William

William2006 on May 27, 2007 at 12:42 PM

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