Hogzilla (a portmanteau of hog and Godzilla) was a notably large male hybrid of wild hog and domestic pig that was shot and killed by Chris Griffin in Alapaha, Georgia, United States, on …

Nov 6, 2025 · In the bosom of Southern wilderness, the legend of Hogzilla emerged—a mammoth wild pig that took the world by storm. Captured in Georgia in 2004, Hogzilla was not just …

Mar 22, 2005 · A team of National Geographic experts has confirmed south Georgia’s monster hog, known to locals as Hogzilla, was indeed real — and really, really big.

Just how big can a wild pig grow? Here are some of the heaviest ever taken, including three 700-plus-pound porkers, and the almost mythical “Hogzilla”

Feb 11, 2025 · Hogzilla. That is the name bestowed upon a huge hog killed in 2004 by Chris Griffin on Ken Holyoak’s hunting preserve. As the story goes, the feral hog was 12 feet long …

Feb 27, 2025 · However, when experts arrived to examine the feral hog’s body, they were dumbfounded. It turned out that despite the odds, Hogzilla was real. In our slideshow, we …

Hogzilla is a giant pig who was shot and killed by a hunter named Chris Griffin in Alapaha, Georgia on Ken Holyoak's fish farm and hunting reserve. It was a male hybrid of a wild hog …

Jul 30, 2024 · Hogzilla was a cross between wild hog and domestic pig tracked down by an American hunter in June 2004. Chris Griffin shot and killed Hogzilla in Alapaha in the US state …

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Sep 28, 2025 · Texas. A land of enduring legends, vast open spaces, and sometimes, colossal beasts that blur the line between myth and reality. Have you ever heard whispers of "Hogzilla" …