Breaking News: 11-Year-Old Bags Hogzilla-Plus

Under the title, "Bigger Than Hogzilla," monsterpig.com reports that 11-year-old Jamison Stone killed a 1,051-pound feral hog just outside of Anniston, Alabama on May 3rd. "The pig was over 10' 7" long and took 3 hours to kill using a Smith & Wesson customized .50 caliber revolver shooting 350 grain bullets," according to the site. "Approximately 16 shots hit this massive beast, some leaving fist size holes and the monster hog continued to run for approximately a mile."

The post concludes noting that Jamison received congratulations from Rickey Medlocke of Lynard Skynard, and with the promise: "More Pictures and Video Coming Soon - Hog is being mounted - Many witnesses - Sausage available!"

If you know anything more about this enormous-porker report, let us know below.

Comments

[Pete (New Zealand)]

Thought you yanks valued ethical hunting. Not the quickest, most humane way to go for the porker.

[ns]

he probably didnt ralize just how big and mean it was when he first tackled it, im surprised that it didnt take more shots to put that bruiser down. nice hog and nice to see such a young hunter with such a nice trophy

[Lamar]

This is ridiculous. People are feeding these domestic hogs out and killing them and all of you are acting like it is a trophy. This is the same people who fight over if a wild animal killed with a crossbow or a bow with too much let off is a trophy. But when someone comes along with a big pig it is an instant trophy. I grew up on a hog farm in Alabama, I have seen wild and domestic hogs, hogs don’t get that big in the wild. Bottom line. I am not taking away from the kids kill, but it is not a “wild” hog. Sorry.

[Lone]

To Pete in New Zealand: I can see your point. I myself can't stand to hear about unethical game-kills; it's uncouth to cause the animal prolonged agony and it gives legit U.S. hunters a bad name. Likely what happened is that since this was an 11 year old kid weilding that ENORMOUS revolver didn't mix too well & his shots weren't that well placed. --Also, Lamar is probably right. Feral hogs are considered a nuisance animal and several states including mine (Arkansas) have had to enact laws making it a crime to raise them then release them in the wild for "hunting".

[trevor]

The picture is doctored. Either that kid is 3 feet tall and weighs 45lbs, or the picture is doctored. I have bulls in my pasture that wont make a boy look that little. Its a shame that this kids dad is excited about him killing a penned hog.

[Matt]

To Pete the Kiwi,

Most of us yanks do value ethical hunting, as I'm sure most Kiwis do too. So how about we not judge a nation of hunters based on one 11 year old kid who was hunting with a firearem that was too big for him?

[Lone]

Whoa. I just looked at the photo. Trevor is right, that has got to be a doctored photo. That's not a pig, it's a dinosaur. No way that's a naturally-occuring hog. That, or the kid is 2 feet tall. No joke, "Hog-Zilla"...that can't be real.

[Bubby Douglas]

The pics don't look doctored, the photographer just had the boy well behind the pig and stopped the lens down. Neat trick, I use it to make deer racks and fish look bigger.

Also, that isn't a wild boar by any stretch. Feral, maybe. Look at the slope of the face from ears to snout. There's a bunch of domesticated pig in there.

[Jeremy]

i say its a fake
look at the picture where the pig is being picked up by the tractor
its not an 11 foot long pig.
stupid people trying to get media attention.

[Walt smith]

Whats the big deal about wild feral pigs anyhow? This just sounds like another bubba induced wet huntin dream. Yeah, my boy thar took mai S&W 500 and shot that thar hog 16 times b-for that durned thing daied.Man you shud ugh seen it,that gun knocked my boy back six foot evry time he touched off the trigger.Man that was sumthin to see! Yuck Har Har Yuck.Makes ya proud ta be american huh boy?

[trevor]

The Kid and his Dad went hunting in their polo shirts and khaki shorts? I guess it was a gentelmens hunt. Release the PIG! We have big hogs in Florida and I've never seen them get over 500lbs.

[Greg]

A) Someone had a lot of fun with Photoshop.
B) An 11-yr-old shooting 16 shots out of a 50 cal Smith?
C) I don't see any "baseball-sized chunks" ripped out by the shots from said 50 cal Smith. The only hole I can even see is right in the middle of the gut. Maybe that's why it took an hour to die?
D) Feral pigs don't get that big. That pig may have "escaped" from a farm, but probably only recently.

I'd love to put a big header over the whole site reading "WE'RE NOT ALL LIKE THESE IDIOTS."

Someone out there actually believes the whole story and now thinks we're American Sportsmen are all like these goobers.

[JP]

Um..WHy is an 11 year old sporting a handgun in the woods ? Why would any parent period take their kids hunting for an animal ? hunting is the biggest joke in this country. I was exposed to hunting when i was young and grew out of it. It is not a sport. It is a joke. Killing an animal with your high powered weapon is one of the most disgusting things a human being could ever do. To act as if it is a trophy makes me sick to my tummy.

[TR]

Ya the kid has been hunting since he was very little, that is great, but,,,,A 50cal drainpipe of a pistol? All of the photos do look like" perspective shots.
all shots are taken with the pig in the foreground and people behind. you can't tell how far the kid is behind the pig in the main shot. I can make it look like I am holdong the Sears tower in my hand if the camera is in the right place. the original "hogzilla" was a hoax and well........

[tr]

nothing wrong with hunting, as long as the food is eaten.
Sorry if some of the Veggies out there don't get it.

[Wildbill]

Checkout this pic for all you non believers!

http://i19.tinypic.com/4keljyx.jpg

Also do a search for "alabama pig Jamison" and see how many other media sources believe!

[Wildbill]

More info for ya's too!!

Just outside Anniston, Alabama on Thursday May 3, 2007, an 11 year old boy kills 1,051 lb. wild Feral hog. The pig was over 10' 7" long and took 3 hours to kill using a Smith & Wesson customized .50 caliber revolver shooting 350 grain bullets. Approximately 16 shots hit this massive beast, some leaving fist size holes and the monster hog continued to run for approximately a mile. The 11 year old boy is Jamison Stone, his father is Michael Stone.

[Texican]

First of all, the fact that its a "feral" hog only means that its roaming wild. The South is full of these big Russian or European boars that have lived in the woods for years. There is no way this is a penned hog because a boar this big with those tusks would demolish fences. Some of these comments are absolutely stupid. You would dismiss this so quickly because of the shirt the kid is wearing? And clearly, anyone who thinks this pig would be edible is not qualified to comment. The meat from this pig would stink so bad you could never stand to cook it. If you've ever been to Alabama, EVERYBODY totes a big gun, they hand 'em out at birth. There's nothing sensational about the story except the size of the hog.

[The Doctor]

The mentally handicapped foster parenting the mentally handicapped? Is that legal?
Also, I guess some of these so-called men have never been around a slaughterhouse much. Here's a web site for carnivore and JP---peta.com

[gina dentata]

Wildbill: Y'all better tell Jamison about the reeking feral hog meat quick, according to the news stories and their web site, they were making SAUSAGE with it.

hear hear billy bob good on ya!!!

[Mark]

You spelled Lynyrd Skynyrd wrong.

[Andrew]

Maybe if he had stalked it for weeks and then killed it with his bare hands, I'd feel slightly impressed, but any moron can shoot something that big.

[Rhonda Roland Shearer]

I have just posted a report on our media ethics blog that debunks the monster pig photos as a hoax.

"What's going on here in the six dramatic MonsterPig.com photographs? Stinky Journalism sought retired NYU physicist, Richard Brandt's analysis as press reports cited no scientific opinions about the photos, which locals and hunters alike found suspicious. Stinky Journalism exclusively puts the photos to the test, with resident photography trick expert, and Art Science Research Laboratory, Director, Rhonda Roland Shearer's special report.

"EXCLUSIVE STORY HIGHLIGHTS:

* NBC Today Show cancels segment on Monster Pig; after flying boy and father to NYC; instead of disclosing their role and the hogs to the public.
* AP photo fails stink test according to retired NYU physicist, Richard Brandt.
* Scientific Measurements: prove that if the boy is 5 foot 5 inches as cited, the pig would measure a colossal 15 feet-not the 9 feet, 4 inches that is asserted.
* Brandt's report further states, the boy would measure a puny 3'9.5" instead of his robust 5 feet 5 inches, if the beast's was 9 feet 4 inches as claimed."

[Rhonda R Shearer]

The Scientific results from an analysis we hired as part of an investigation, clearly indicates the Monster Hog photos are a hoax.

Please see what you think and read our report for yourself. It's found on www.StinkyJournalism.org.

We took a look at the six dramatic MonsterPig.com photographs. Stinky Journalism sought retired NYU physicist, Richard Brandt's analysis as press reports cited no scientific opinions about the photos, which locals and hunters alike found suspicious.

"Stinky Journalism exclusively puts the photos to the test, with resident photography trick expert, and Art Science Research Laboratory, Director, Rhonda Roland Shearer's special report."

Thanks! Hope to hear from you soon.

[Pic Tricks]

Its all perspective. If you go to the website for the preserve (lost creek plantation hunting preserve) where the kid killed it, the real pic is there with him right on the pig and you can see the real size of the pig is at least 1/3 less. This is the official pic from the preserve. They took the massive pig pic by having the kid move back and pretend like he is leaning on it. All pic tricks.

[See Real Picture at Hunting Preserve Website]

Google the Lost Creek Hunting Preserve to see the real perspective picture of the pig and kid.

For the AP released photo all they did was publish the photo of the kid stand farther back and pretend he was leaning on it. A common technique to make hunting kills look larger.

The picture at the preserve shows the real size of the pig.

[Graphic Artist]

The pig is around six feet long if that, if you look at the mugshot of the pig you can clearly see that there is plenty of space behind the pig. The kid does not have the proper lighting in the profile picture of the pic. In the pic with the the hog hanging, they are standing quite a bit away. Jamisons father does not look seven inches taller than his son. Even if you assume that particular photo was legit and you compare the kid to the hog, he is almost as far back in the profile shot as the group from the face of the pic in the mug, and even then there is plenty of space between them and the rear of the hog... theres about fifty more arguements I coul d make. Either this is a publicity stunt by the hogzilla people or just a hoax by the father for profit and a chance hookup with hogzilla... This happens just a week or so after hogzilla starts casting their garbage movie not even worthy of being called a b horror film. I don't think so. Jamisons bio on the website read that his dreams are to be in the movies. This is bad news for him and his family, nobody likes bad Actors...

[Graphic Artist]

Oh yeah, one more thing. look at this pic. http://www.monsterpig.com/news.htm If jamison would actualy come up a few feet and actualy take a picture next to the hog, he would be just as wide. If you compare it to the pic on the main site you can see jamison is standing in the same spot but looks further away because the photo is distorted by taking it at a wider angle to make the hog look bigger. Might not have been on purpose... but it is the picture they used on the main site... the two pictures compared also confirmed my suspicion that they were standing at least 3 feet or easily more than that away from the pig. I now set my estimate at 5. Thanks to the help of the tire sticking out on both buildings I've quickly rebuilt the rest of the tire to get an estimate of where the bottom of the tire meets the ground... Lousy hoax, but its a big enough pig that people will just think "omg thats huge" instead of thats "smaller than I thought it was"...

[Greg Dwyer]

Just talked to the boy and his dad on our radio show. Can't believe all the haters commenting. How jealous do you have to be to run down an 11 year-old? The earlier report of 16 hits is untrue. 16 shots, 8 hits. Typical for a kid. Not typical for a kid, is the patience to follow and finish. Good for you, J. Rest of y'all should talk TO somebody and not ABOUT them...

[boar hunter]

nice pig,
all you idiots out there who are jealous, shutup!!!!!
Maybe the picture is a little docterd but still it is a huge hog. its not like any of yall have ever killed anything that big

[boar hunter]

nice pig,
all you idiots out there who are jealous, shutup!!!!!
Maybe the picture is a little docterd but still it is a huge hog. its not like any of yall have ever killed anything that big

[Spike]

That pig is not that big, I grew up on a farm even if it did weigh that much it would not be able to walk? And sixteen shots with a 50 bull.

[Rhonda R Shearer]

Hey, I am going to give up watching CNN and reading the NY Post. Field and Stream readers are sharp and you, a real journalist interested in truth--how old fashioned it seems nowadays.

For context, I recently spoke to this blog's author (who had called me for an interview.) He said he was interested in the truth. His actions prove it--he picked up the phone and called. The only other journalist who called me without my request was from a Swedish woman and freelancer living in Canada.

I will be posting a new updated story, with our most recent research results and news about the hog hype. Part 2 will appear at Stinkyjournalism.org in a day or two.

Sorry our site is slow. So many hits on the server; it crashed big time. This is still an international news story if you can believe it!

[Genevieve]

Perhaps the father is unaware that ethical hunters are trying to maintain our right to hunt; to reform a positive image for hunters in general. He should've read, with his son, the F & S issue on how to teach a child to hunt.

[Strong Kid]

8 shots of of a .50 caliber gun by an 11-year old. That must be one superstrong kid to take the recoil.

[Mtnhunter]

I will throw the B.S. flag on this one. The article states it was shot 16 times and ran over a mile. Come on. Did the pig just stand there while the kid pumped 15 more shots into it and THEN run away? This is a crack of sh-- if I ever saw it!

[Mtnhunter]

I will throw the B.S. flag on this one. The article staes it was shot 16 times and ran over a mile. Come on. Did the pig just stand there while the kid pumped 15 more shots into it and THEN run away? This is a crock of sh-- if I ever saw it!

how bout yall shut the hell up and leave it be

[Bama Dave]

This is a viral marketing scam. The website was up and running almost immediately, with sponsorship. The young man has a part in the upcoming Hogzilla movie.

This was clearly a pen raised hog.

This sort of "hunting" is equivalent to fishing in an aquarium.

Sport?

No!

[Bing]

Shock my monkey!!!

[Joe West]

I bet you unbelieving jackasses think there is a shooter on the grassy knoll and that there really is a UFO in the World Trade Center photos.

God you people are morons.

[Jeff Boudreau]

Hey instead of saying crap like" the picture is fake," and "looks like somebody had fun in photoshop," we should say something good about it like good kill, or thats the biggest hog i have ever seen, and saying shit about this kid n his kill, well thats just bad sportsmenship, just because some kid beat you at killing a bigger hog doesn't mean you should thinkless of him.....And sometimes its a miracle of nature getting a hog that big. Ive heard of Whitetails being 400+ pounds in Canada. So be a good sportsmen and an idol and stop critizing him..

[Bama Dave]

You don't grow a hog that big on a 150 acre pen in central Alabama. We do have real wild hogs in southern Alabama, I've hunted them. 250 pounds wouldn't be unreasonable. This hog was shot inside a fence and the "preserve" is currently under investigation by the Alabama Department of Fish and Wildlife. This isn't the only huge hog taken in this 150 acre pen recently.

[Bama Dave]

http://www.annistonstar.com/showcase/2007/as-open-0601-bstrickland-7f01i1244.htm

Fred the Pet Pig!!!!

[ZaZen]

Turns out the pig was a tame pet, shot on a "canned" game preserve.
And it still took the kid 3 hours with a .50 cal handgun.
This is too disgusting for words.
Who considers this "hunting"?

[MIke]

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/06/01/0601monsterpig.html

Yeap found another article confirming that little boy shot a COMPLETELY domesticated hog. It doesn't get anymore domesticated than a hog that plays with a chihuaha and eats canned sweet potatoes

And it wasn't even in "the wild". Just on some preserve the hog was released onto.

[Taylor Farrar]

i'd say theres a chance its a fake with photoshop because a kid i know shot a nice buck and he stretched the picture so its spread looked huge but later admitted it so now my 25 inch spread kicks his in the butt. but its great this boy got a hog but photoshop isnt the answer to getting attention for a stupid hog i mean i got on buckmasters home page and my towns paper for my buck and u dont see me doing stupid photoshop on it mine was a real trophy unlike this "hogzilla" i mean come on. let the real kids like me and the 1000's more get attention for there REAL trophys not ones done with PHOTOSHOP i mean gezzz.

if you wanna see my deer here is the add

http://www.buckmasters.com/buckmasters_links/features/070523buck.html

[Jeff]

In one fell swoop, this has done more to damage the hunting community.....thanks Mike Stone!! Idiot

[Rhonda Shearer]

The Monster Pig story is back. The 12 year old unfairly faces a grand jury this week in Clay County Alabama. The manner in which the monster pig ("Fred") was killed will be examined.

Read more at http://www.stinkyjournalism.org/latest-journalism-news-updates-123.php

[Concerned]

Before you read Ms. Shearer's thoughts regarding this situation, please first realize that she has an agenda. She claims that laws were indeed broken during this hunt but I have haven't seen any evidence to back this up. Her claims vs no evidence. Read her site but do it with a grain of salt.