Talk:Hogzilla

Claiming that only a handful of "conspiracy theorists" believe the bigfoot (or sasquatch) to be real--to, in fact, represent an unknown bipedal primate living in the Pacific Northwest region of North America--represents not an only utterly subjective judgement, but also incorrect even in regard of the use of the term, "conspiracy theorist." What "conspiracy" theory is used to explain bigfoot's existence? As for the type of person who believes this animal might actually exist, Jane Goodall is one of them, as are/were the following:

Dr. Bernard Heuvelmans (zoologist, France) Dr. W. Henner Fahrenbach (research scientist, Oregon Regional Primate Center) Dr. Grover Krantz (physical anthropologist - retired, Washington State University) Dr. John Napier (primatologist, University of London) Dr. Frank E. Poirier (paleoanthropologist/primatologist, Ohio State University) Dr. Jeff Meldrum (anatomist, Idaho State University) Dr. John Bindernagel (wildlife biologist, former wildlife advisor for United Nations) Dr. D. W. Grieve (anatomist, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London) Dr. John Bodley (anthropologist, Washington State University) Dr. Dmitri D. Donskoy (biomechanics, Russia) Dr. Robert Pyle (ecologist,Yale University alumnus) Dr. J. Richard Greenwell (mammalogist, International Wildlife Museum, Tucson) Dr. William Montagna (primatologist, Regional Primate Research Center) Valentin B. Sapunov (biologist, Leningrad State Univeristy, Russia) Vladimir Markotic (physical anthropologist, University of Calgary) Jeff Glickman (computer scientist, North American Science Institute) Dmitri Bayanov (hominologist, Darwin Museum, Russia) Jim Hewkin (wildlife biologist, formerly with Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife) Dr. Marie-Jeanne Koffman, aka Dr. Zh. I Kofman (scientist, Russia) Dr. R. Lynn Kirlin (professor, University of Wyoming) Dr. William Saxe Wihr (department of anthropology, Portland Community College) Dr. LeRoy Fish (wildlife ecologist, retired) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.67.138.76 (talk • contribs) 9 August 2005

Ummm...right, so just make the change. No need for the soapbox. CPitt76 16:33, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

WHY WAS IT SHOT IN THE FIRST PLACE? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.93.21.97 (talk • contribs) 5 October 2005

They're not too keen on reesurch down south. If it moves and it's tasty, it's fair game. — NRen2k5 19:09, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

• Wild Pigs, boars, etc... are considered a plague in many places in the USA as their populations are expanding fast. PMLF 21:02, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

• • Also, they aren't native to North America, and a pig that size could be doing a lot of damage to the native wildlife (digging up roots, disturbing nests, etc.). Citizen Premier 21:50, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Heck, even a small boar does a lot of damage (72.66.116.212 09:29, 5 May 2006 (UTC))

"Are large boars unusual?"

Doesn't that section sound like it comes from an FAQ? I suspect plagarism.--Foot Dragoon 03:19, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Occam's Razor

Isn't it simpler to say that the guy mis-measured the hog -because- it was hanging by its feet, and he measured its hind legs in addition to its body length? There's no reason for them to argue about whose measurements were more accurate when they obviously weren't measuring by the same standard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.122.63.142 (talk • contribs) 13 September 2006

hogzilla is coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

Yes it is. But try not to use so many letters in a word, or it'll mess up the page.--MDude 01:16, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

One shot and photographed

http://www.kare11.com/news/national/national_article.aspx?storyid=145928 64.236.128.27 23:45, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Weird...

Eighty years ago, I wrote a story entitled 'In the Shadow of Vesuvius' which, despite the title, isn't about a volcano at all. It's about a giant boar, and distant cousin of the Calydonian and Erymanthian Boars of Greek and Roman mythology, devastating the Italian countryside. I once, jokingly, said "I should've had some Japanese people running around in the foreground yelling 'Holy shit, it's Pigzilla!'" And now, a few years later I discover a real creature with a near-identical name who has indeed been wreaking havoc only about a hundred miles from where I live (I live just north of Atlanta)! Am I psychic?

Nah. Don't mean to call you "old," but anything can happen in eighty years. — NRen2k5

Must have meant eight, based on "a few" years later and the Godzilla reference - unless the person was having avid conversations about the presence of hysterical Japanese people in the story thirty years after having written it, the Godzilla reference indicates a more recent time frame.

Wow

That's a big pig. D-Fluff has had E-Nuff 21:22, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Why didn't they have a big ol' hamfest? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.31.90.48 (talk) 02:40, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't understand why they didn't have a pig-roast either. Probably because it was so huge and felt to be old. There are so many hogs in Georgia that they're probably sick of pig-roasts by now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.135.202.92 (talk) 14:42, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Info and photo do not agree

"Hogzilla's tusks measured nearly 28 inches (71 cm) and 19 inches (48 cm)". Not from what the photo shows - the tusk is about as long as the guy's hand.